HREM CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAPHITIC NANOTUBES

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作者
UGARTE, D [1 ]
机构
[1] ECOLE POLYTECH FED LAUSANNE,INST PHYS EXPTL,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND
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MICROSCOPY MICROANALYSIS MICROSTRUCTURES | 1993年 / 4卷 / 06期
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10.1051/mmm:0199300406050500
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TH742 [显微镜];
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摘要
We use high resolution electron microscopy to study the structure of carbon nanotubes. Although the great scientific and technologic interest generated by these nanometric structures, their growth mechanism remains not completely understood. We study the atomic structure of the tubes and in particular we concentrate on some frequent defective configurations in order to get some insight into the formation process. A very interesting case is constituted by nanotubes showing irregular (0.34-0.6 nm) interlayer spacing, this fact would allow the doping of the tubes, and probably the optimization of their electric properties.
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