Diameter control of single-walled carbon nanotube forests from 1.3-3.0 nm by arc plasma deposition

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chen, Guohai ^a   Seki, Yasuaki ^a   Kimura, Hiroe ^a,b   Sakurai, Shunsuke ^a   Yumura, Motoo ^a   Hata, Kenji ^a,b,c   Futaba, Don N ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84893010839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03804     Document Type: Article

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