Templated Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Specific Structure

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 606-615

  Yang, Feng ^a   Wang, Xiao ^a   Li, Meihui ^a   Liu, Xiyan ^a   Zhao, Xiulan ^a   Zhang, Daqi ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Yang, Juan ^a   Li, Yan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84966289642     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00485     Document Type: Article

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