In situ formation of carbon nanotubes encapsulated within boron nitride nanotubes via electron irradiation

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8419-8425

  Arenal, Raul ^a,b   Lopez Bezanilla, Alejandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DFT calculations; EELS STEM; electron irradiation; HRTEM; hybrid (boron nitride carbon) nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; CALCULATIONS; DEFECTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; CARBONACEOUS STRUCTURE; DFT CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HRTEM; SELF-HEALING PROCESS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84906656863     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn502912w     Document Type: Article

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