Theoretical analysis of a carbon-carbon dimer placement tool for diamond mechanosynthesis

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-324

  Merkle, Ralph C ^a,b   Freitas Jr , Robert A ^a,b  

^a ZYVEX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adamantane; Carbon; Density Functional Theory; Diamond; Dimer; Mechanosynthesis; Nanotechnology; Positional Control

Indexed keywords

ADAMANTANE; CARBON; DIAMOND; DIMER;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VACUUM;

ADAMANTANE; BINDING SITES; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; DIMERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 1642397543     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2003.203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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