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Single-shell carbon nanotubes of 1-nm diameter

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Cobalt-catalysed growth of carbon nanotubes with single-atomic-layer walls

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Capillarity-induced filling of carbon nanotubes

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Fullerenes with metals inside

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Single Crystal Metals Encapsulated in Carbon Nanoparticles

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +15