Catalytic action of Ni atoms in the formation of carbon nanotubes: a molecular dynamics study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 3193-3196

  Andriotis, Antonis N ^a   Menon, Madhu ^b   Froudakis, George ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICKEL; STABILITY;

AB INITIO METHODS; CARBON NANOTUBES; SWAPPING PROCESSES; TIGHT BINDING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 0034299433     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3193     Document Type: Article

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