Volume 89, Issue 7
12 August 2002
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On the Cover
Numerical simulation of the merging of two carbon nanotubes. The starting configuration is shown in a top view in (a). Side views of the merging process are shown in (b) at 10 ps, (c) at 100 ps, and (d) at 220 ps.
From the article:
Molecular Junctions by Joining Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
M. Terrones, F. Banhart, N. Grobert, J.-C. Charlier, H. Terrones, and P. M. Ajayan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 075505 (2002)