Vibrational modes of free nanoparticles: From atomic to continuum scales

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 709-717

  Ramirez, Fernando ^a   Heyliger, Paul R ^b   Rappé, Anthony K ^c   Leisure, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA;

CONTINUUM ELASTICITY; FREE NANOPARTICLES; TETRAHEDRON SHAPED NANOSTRUCTURES; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

NANOPARTICLES;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 38849138643     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2823065     Document Type: Article

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