Nucleation and Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: A Molecular Dynamics Study
✍ Scribed by Ding, Feng; Bolton, Kim; Rosén, Arne
- Book ID
- 111690989
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 696 KB
- Volume
- 108
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3654
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