Diameter-dependent ion transport through the interior of isolated single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Choi, Wonjoon ^a,b   Ulissi, Zachary W ^a   Shimizu, Steven F E ^a   Bellisario, Darin O ^a   Ellison, Mark D ^c   Strano, Michael S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c URSINUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ION; LITHIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SODIUM ION;

CARBON; CATION; DIAMETER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ION; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDRATION; ION TRANSPORT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84884264466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3397     Document Type: Article

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