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Bibliographic reference
Fantini, C ; Cruz, E ; Jorio, A ; Terrones, Mauricio ; Terrones, Humberto ; et. al. Resonance Raman study of linear carbon chains formed by the heat treatment of double-wall carbon nanotubes. In: Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, Vol. 73, no. 19, p. 193408 (2006)
