Energetics and stability of C60 molecules encapsulated in carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 649-655

  Liu, P ^a   Zhang, Y W ^b   Gao, H J ^c   Lu, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; ENCAPSULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DIRECT INTERACTION; INDIRECT INTERACTION; NANOTUBE-BASED STRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 40849114403     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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