Atomistic simulation of mechanical properties of diamond and silicon carbide by a field theory

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 535-551

  Xiong, Liming ^a   Chen, Youping ^a   Lee, James D ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MOLECULAR MODELING; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICON CARBIDE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ATOMIC FIELD THEORY; FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; THREE BODY INTERACTION FORCES;

DIAMONDS;

EID: 34547403111     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/15/5/011     Document Type: Article

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