Formation of single-walled carbon nanotube via the interaction of graphene nanoribbons: Ab initio density functional calculations

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3349-3354

  Du, A J ^a   Smith, Sean C ^a   Lu, G Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; GRADIENT METHODS; GROWTH RATE; LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

ACTIVATION BARRIERS; ARMCHAIR-SHAPED EDGES; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION (GGA); GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNR);

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 36749021636     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl071613d     Document Type: Article

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