Carbon Nanotubes: Atomistic Investigation of Load Transfer Between DWNT Bundles "Crosslinked" by PMMA Oligomers (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2013). (14th April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Naraghi, Mohammad; Bratzel, Graham H.; Filleter, Tobin; An, Zhi; Wei, Xiaoding; Nguyen, SonBinh T.; Buehler, Markus J.; Espinosa, Horacio D.
• Is Part Of: Advanced functional materials. Volume 23:Number 15(2013)
• Page Start: 1976
• Page End: 1976
• Publication Date: 2013-04-14
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201370075
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1616-301X

Abstract

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