Imogolite nanotubes: Stability, electronic, and mechanical properties

ACS Nano

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-368

  Guimarães, Luciana ^a,b   Enyashin, Andrey N ^b,c   Frenzel, Johannes ^b   Heine, Thomas ^b   Duarte, Hélio A ^a   Seifert, Gotthard ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aluminosilicate; DFTB; Inorganic nanotubes; Strain energy; XRD

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE MINERALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL TIGHT BINDING METHOD; DFTB; ELECTRONIC DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IMOGOLITE; INORGANIC NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBE; VOLCANIC ORIGIN; XRD;

ALUMINOSILICATES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); STEREOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY; STRAIN ENERGY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOTUBES;

ALUMINOSILICIC ACID; ALUMINUM SILICATE; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; MECHANICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ELECTRONS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 41049083168     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700184k     Document Type: Article

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