Using electron beams to investigate carbonaceous materials

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 241-257

  Mangler, Clemens ^a   Meyer, Jannik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon nanotube; Graphene; High resolution electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897600644     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2013.10.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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