Stone-Wales transformation: Precursor of fracture in carbon nanotubes

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1464-1470

  Song, J ^a   Jiang, H ^c   Shi, D L ^b   Feng, X Q ^b   Huang, Y ^a   Yu, M F ^a   Hwang, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond breakage; Carbon nanotube; Fracture; Stone Wales transformation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BOND BREAKAGE; FRACTURE STRAIN; PRECURSORS; STONE-WALES TRANSFORMATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33749249181     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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