Orbiting nanosectors inside carbon nanotori

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 50-53

  Hilder, T A ^a   Hill, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

GIGAHERTZ RANGE; ORBITING FREQUENCIES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; FULLERENE;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR;

EID: 34848923144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl:20070046     Document Type: Article

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