Transmission electron microscopy of single wall carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposites: A first-principles study
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Transmission electron microscopy of single wall carbon nanotube/ polymer nanocomposites: A first-principles study" (2012). NASA Publications. Paper 123.
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