Molecular-dynamics simulations of carbon nanotubes as gigahertz oscillators

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Legoas, S B ^a   Coluci, V R ^a   Braga, S F ^a   Coura, P Z ^b   Dantas, S O ^b   Galvao D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); QUANTUM THEORY; RELIABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

AHARONOV-BOHM SETUP; GIGAHERTZ OSCILLATORS; NANOOSCILLATORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0037422947     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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