Electronic properties of zigzag carbon nanotubes under uniaxial strain

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1636-1644

  Chen, Yi Ray ^a   Weng, Cheng I ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FO GUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; STRAIN;

CURRENT-STRAIN PROFILES; QUANTUM TRANSPORT THEORY; STRAIN SENSORS; UNIAXIAL STRAIN;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 34250801522     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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