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A high quality factor carbon nanotube mechanical resonator at 39 GHz

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A high quality factor carbon nanotube mechanical resonator at 39 GHz. / Laird, Edward A.; Pei, Fei; Tang, Wei et al.
In: Nano Letters, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2012, p. 193-197.

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Laird, EA, Pei, F, Tang, W, Steele, GA & Kouwenhoven, LP 2012, 'A high quality factor carbon nanotube mechanical resonator at 39 GHz', Nano Letters, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 193-197. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl203279v

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Laird, E. A., Pei, F., Tang, W., Steele, G. A., & Kouwenhoven, L. P. (2012). A high quality factor carbon nanotube mechanical resonator at 39 GHz. Nano Letters, 12(1), 193-197. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl203279v

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Laird EA, Pei F, Tang W, Steele GA, Kouwenhoven LP. A high quality factor carbon nanotube mechanical resonator at 39 GHz. Nano Letters. 2012;12(1):193-197. Epub 2011 Nov 23. doi: 10.1021/nl203279v

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Laird, Edward A. ; Pei, Fei ; Tang, Wei et al. / A high quality factor carbon nanotube mechanical resonator at 39 GHz. In: Nano Letters. 2012 ; Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 193-197.

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