Opening carbon nanotubes with oxygen and implications for filling

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Carbon nanotubeOxideInert gasMaterials scienceCatalysisOxygenInertActivation energyChemical engineeringArrhenius equationNanotechnologyTube (container)Carbon fibersNanocompositeEtching (microfabrication)Layer (electronics)ChemistryComposite materialPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistry

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Year: 1993
Type: article
Volume: 362
Issue: 6420
Pages: 522-525
Citations: 1039
Access: Closed

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                                    P. M. Ajayan, 
                                
                                    Thomas W. Ebbesen, 
                                
                                    T. Ichihashi
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1993). 
                            Opening carbon nanotubes with oxygen and implications for filling. 
                            Nature
                            , 362
                            (6420)
                            , 522-525.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/362522a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/362522a0