Polyyne ring nucleus growth model for single-layer carbon nanotubes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2515-2518

  Kiang, Ching Hwa ^a,b,c   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL NUCLEI; FLOW TUBE; GAS-PHASE SPECIES; GROWTH MODELING; POLYYNES; RING STRUCTURES; SINGLE LAYER; SINGLE-LAYER NANOTUBES;

COBALT; GAS DYNAMICS; LEAD; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 27844512442     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2515     Document Type: Article

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