Reversible high-pressure carbon nanotube vessel

Applying a full pressure loop, i.e., loading and unloading, on a nanocrystal with in situ observation remains a challenge to experimentalists up until now. Using a multiwalled carbon nanotube, we realize the pressure loop acting on a Fe3C nanocrystal (with peak value 20 GPa) by electron-beam irradia...

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Main Authors: Wang, Lifeng (Contributor), Ma, Ming D. (Author), Liu, Jefferson Z. (Author), Shen, Luming (Author), Xie, Lin (Author), Wei, Fei (Author), Zhu, Jing (Author), Gong, Qianming (Author), Liang, Ji (Author), Zheng, Quanshui (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2011-02-09T16:46:42Z.
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