Effect of chirality on the stability of carbon nanotubes: Molecular-dynamics simulations

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 865-870

  Erkoç, Şakir ^a   Malcioǧlu, Osman Bariş ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon Nanotubes; Empirical Potential; Molecular Dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035639145     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129183101002036     Document Type: Article

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