Harder than diamond: Determining the cross-sectional area and Young's modulus of molecular rods

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 7432-7435

  Itzhaki, Lior ^a   Altus, Eli ^b   Basch, Harold ^a   Hoz, Shmaryahu ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Materials science; Mechanical properties; Nanostructures; Polyynes

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DIAMONDS; ELASTIC MODULI; MATERIALS SCIENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYYNES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 28044433901     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502448     Document Type: Article

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