Determination of elastic properties of graphene and carbon-nanotubes using Brenner potential: The maximum attainable numerical precision

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 382-390

  Rajendran, S ^a   Reddy, C D ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brenner potential; Carbon nanotubes; Error analysis; Finite difference method; Graphene; Numerical precision; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; STIFFNESS;

BRENNER POTENTIAL; COMPUTED STIFFNESS; GRAPHENE; NUMERICAL PRECISION; STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33746873264     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2006.3019     Document Type: Article

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