The electronic structures and properties of open-ended and capped carbon nanoneedles

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 801-807

  Wang, Jenna L ^a,b   Mezey, Paul G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CARBON NANONEEDLES (CNN); GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURES; ORBITAL INTERACTIONS; SINGLE WALL NANOTUBES (SWNT);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33646259454     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci050402w     Document Type: Conference Paper

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