Atomistic theory of mechanical relaxation in fullerene nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1675-1680

  Yakobson, B I ^a,b   Samsonidze, G ^a,b   Samsonidze, G G ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOTUBES; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

FULLERENES;

EID: 0033719729     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(00)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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