Structural stability of carbon nanotubes using molecular dynamics and finite-difference time-domain methods

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 891-894

  Cheng, Min ^a   Lu, Yilong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATOMIC LEVEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33645228767     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.871371     Document Type: Article

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