Surface reconstructions and stability of X-shaped carbon nanotube junction

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Meng, F Y ^a,b   Shi, S Q ^a   Xu, D S ^b   Chan, C T ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EULER'S RULE; STONE-WALES TRANSFORMATIONS; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTIONS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

ANNEALING; CHEMICAL BONDS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TOPOLOGY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 30744464565     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2150210     Document Type: Article

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