Stability and electronic properties of nitrogen nanoneedles and nanotubes

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1965-1971

  Wang, Jenna L ^a,b   Lushington, Gerald H ^b   Mezey, Paul G ^a,c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; QUANTUM THEORY; STABILITY;

CARBON ATOMS; HIGH-ENERGY DENSITY MATERIALS (HEDM); NITROGEN NANONEEDLE (NNN); QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33750320067     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci0601113     Document Type: Article

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