Atomistic Simulations of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (DWCNTs) as Rotational Bearings

Nano Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-297

  Zhang, Sulin ^a   Liu, Wing Kim ^a   Ruoff, Rodney S ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1442324490     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0350276     Document Type: Article

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