Reversible mechanical bistability of single-walled carbon nanotubes under axial strain

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Chang, Tienchong ^a   Hou, Juan ^a   Guo, Xingming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STABILITY; STRAIN;

AXIAL STRAIN; BISTATE FUNCTIONS; BRENNER'S SECOND GENERATION; REVERSIBLE MECHANICAL BISTABILITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33744507960     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2206872     Document Type: Article

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