Diamond fragments as building blocks of functional nanostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  McIntosh, Gregory C ^a   Yoon, Mina ^b   Berber, Savas ^b   Tománek, David ^b  

^a Naval Base   (New Zealand)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBON; DIAMOND; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42749103226     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.045401     Document Type: Article

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