Fracture resistance of zigzag single walled carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1323-1332

  Lu, Qiang ^a   Bhattacharya, Baidurya ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHITE; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN RATE;

FRACTURE RESISTANCES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33144460033     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/5/026     Document Type: Article

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