Summary: Longitudinal Cutting of Pure and Doped
Carbon Nanotubes to Form Graphitic
Nanoribbons Using Metal Clusters as
Nanoscalpels
Ana Laura Eli´as,
Andre´s R. Botello-Me´ndez,
David Meneses-Rodri´guez,
Viviana Jehova´
Gonza´lez,
Daniel Rami´rez-Gonza´lez,
Lijie Ci,
Emilio Mun~oz-Sandoval,
Pulickel M. Ajayan,
Humberto Terrones,
and Mauricio Terrones*,

Laboratory for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research (LINAN) and Advanced Materials Department, IPICyT,
Camino a la Presa San Jose´ 2055, Col. Lomas 4a. seccio´n, San Luis Potosi´ 78216, SLP, Me´xico,
Department of
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005

Source: Ajayan, Pulickel M. - Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University

Collections: Materials Science