Twisting nanotubes: From torsion to chirality

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1405-1407

  Joselevich, Ernesto ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chirality; Molecular machines; Nanotechnology; Nanotubes; Torsion

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; TORSIONAL STRESS;

LEFT HANDED; MOLECULAR MACHINES; RIGHT HANDED; SINGLE MOLECULE; TORSIONAL PENDULUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33745937932     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200600206     Document Type: Review

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