Measurements of near-ultimate strength for multiwalled carbon nanotubes and irradiation-induced crosslinking improvements.

By B. Peng, Mark A. Locascio, P. Zapol, Shuyou Li, S. L. Mielke, George C. Schatz, Horacio Espinosa. Nature Nanotechnology, 2008

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