Controlling the crystalline three-dimensional order in bulk materials by single-wall carbon nanotubes

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  López Andarias, Javier ^a,b   López, Juan Luis ^a,b   Atienza, Carmen ^a,b   Brunetti, Fulvio G ^a,b   Romero Nieto, Carlos ^c   Guldi, Dirk M ^c   Martín, Nazario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9,10 DI(1,3 DITHIOL 2 YLIDENE) 9,10 DIHYDROANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PENTAPEPTIDE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; CARBON NANOTUBE; GEL; NANOFIBER;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOLECULE; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SYNTHESIS;

ANTHRACENES; CALCIUM; GELS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE;

EID: 84899880056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4763     Document Type: Article

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