Growth of carbon nanotubes via twisted graphene nanoribbons

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lim, Hong En ^a   Miyata, Yasumitsu ^a   Kitaura, Ryo ^a   Nishimura, Yoshifumi ^a,e,f   Nishimoto, Yoshio ^a   Irle, Stephan ^a   Warner, Jamie H ^b   Kataura, Hiromichi ^c,d   Shinohara, Hisanori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; NANORIBBON;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; GRAPHITE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; COVALENT BOND; HEAT TREATMENT; HEATING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOENGINEERING; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84885364971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3548     Document Type: Article

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