Nano electro mechanics of semiconducting carbon nanotube

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 451-453

  Peng, S ^a   Cho, K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY GAP; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); SINGLE-WALL NANOTUBES (SWNT);

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036661025     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1469003     Document Type: Article

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