Long-range forces between C nanotubes and between C cages: Some polarizability bounds and scaling approximations yielding interaction energies at intermediate separations

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1634-1642

  Amovilli, C ^a   March, N H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon clusters; Carbon nanotubes; Computational chemistry; Electrical (electronic) properties; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CARBON CLUSTERS; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTIONS; INTERACTION ENERGY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 19744370244     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.01.027     Document Type: Article

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