Advances in chemical vapor deposition of carbon nanotubes

Nanoengineering of Structural, Functional and Smart Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 125-158

  Shanov, Vesselin N ^a   Miskin, Atul ^a   Jain, Sachin ^a   He, Peng ^a   Schulz, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 84902565865     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203491966     Document Type: Chapter

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