Formation of single carbon nanotube T-junctions

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Chernozatonskii, L A ^a   Ponomareva, I V ^a  

^a EMANUEL INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heptagons; Single wall carbon nanotubes; Sp2 arrangement; T Junctions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; INTERSECTIONS; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; YARN;

CARBON ATOMS; HEPTAGONS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SP2 ARRANGEMENT; T-JUNCTIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON ATOMS; HEPTAGONS; SINGLE CARBON NANOTUBE; SP 2 ARRANGEMENT; T JUNCTIONS; TIGHT-BINDING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT;

EID: 25144490241     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/FST-120027138     Document Type: Article

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