Dopant-specific unzipping of carbon nanotubes for intact crystalline graphene nanostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lim, Joonwon ^a   Maiti, Uday Narayan ^a   Kim, Na Young ^a   Narayan, Rekha ^a   Lee, Won Jun ^a   Choi, Dong Sung ^a   Oh, Youngtak ^a   Lee, Ju Min ^a   Lee, Gil Yong ^a   Kang, Seok Hun ^a   Kim, Hyunwoo ^a   Kim, Yong Hyun ^a   Kim, Sang Ouk ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; NANOMATERIAL; NANORIBBON; NITROGEN; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FULLERENE; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; SURFACE AREA;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 84955491743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10364     Document Type: Article

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