Coalescence of fullerene cages: Topology, energetics, and molecular dynamics simulation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1954091-1954099

  Zhao, Yufeng ^a   Smalley, Richard E ^a   Yakobson, Boris I ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL BINDING; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLE; ROTATION; SIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TUBE;

EID: 0037113645     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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