Thin single-wall BN-nanotubes formed inside carbon nanotubes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nakanishi, Ryo ^a   Kitaura, Ryo ^a   Warner, Jamie H ^b   Yamamoto, Yuta ^a   Arai, Shigeo ^a   Miyata, Yasumitsu ^a   Shinohara, Hisanori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84875192754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01385     Document Type: Article

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