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Title: Insights into carbon nanotube nucleation: Cap formation governed by catalyst interfacial step flow

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1255597
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Rao, Rahul, Sharma, Renu, Abild-Pedersen, Frank, Nørskov, Jens K., and Harutyunyan, Avetik R. Insights into carbon nanotube nucleation: Cap formation governed by catalyst interfacial step flow. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1038/srep06510.
Rao, Rahul, Sharma, Renu, Abild-Pedersen, Frank, Nørskov, Jens K., & Harutyunyan, Avetik R. Insights into carbon nanotube nucleation: Cap formation governed by catalyst interfacial step flow. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep06510
Rao, Rahul, Sharma, Renu, Abild-Pedersen, Frank, Nørskov, Jens K., and Harutyunyan, Avetik R. 2014. "Insights into carbon nanotube nucleation: Cap formation governed by catalyst interfacial step flow". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep06510. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1255597.
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year = {Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
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