Simulation of noncrystalline silicon nanoparticles: A computer experiment

Glass Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-105

  Galashev, A E ^a   Polukhin, V A ^b   Izmodenov, I A ^c   Rakhmanova, O R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF THERMAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SILICON;

AMORPHOUS SILICON NANOPARTICLES; INTERNAL ENERGY; NONCRYSTALLINE SILICON NANOPARTICLES; VITREOUS PHASE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33644954121     PISSN: 10876596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1087659606010135     Document Type: Article

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