Controlled synthesis of single-chirality carbon nanotubes

Nature

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-64

  Sanchez Valencia, Juan Ramon ^a,d   Dienel, Thomas ^a   Gröning, Oliver ^a   Shorubalko, Ivan ^a   Mueller, Andreas ^b,e   Jansen, Martin ^b   Amsharov, Konstantin ^b,f   Ruffieux, Pascal ^a   Fasel, Roman ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^e BASF SE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84905569817     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13607     Document Type: Article

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