Thermal buckling of initially compressed single-walled carbon nanotubes by molecular dynamics simulation

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2614-2620

  Zhang, Chen Li ^a   Shen, Hui Shen ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; THERMAL BUCKLING;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 35348856947     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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