Covalent Functionalization and Electron-Transfer Properties of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers: The Importance of Edge-Plane Sites
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Elizabeth C. Landis, Kate L. Klein, Albert Liao, ) Eric Pop, ) Dale K. Hensley, Anatoli V. Melechko, and Robert J. Hamers* Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, and Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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