Microscopic growth mechanisms for carbon and boron-nitride nanotubes

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Charlier, J Ch ^a   Blase, X ^b   De Vita, A ^c,d   Car, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT ROMAND DE RECHERCHE NUMÉRIQUE EN PHYSIQUE DES MATÉRIAUX IRRMA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH;

SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBES (SWNT);

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0033100824     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003390050887     Document Type: Article

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