Molecular simulation of the carbon nanotube growth mode during catalytic synthesis

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Banerjee, Soumik ^a   Naha, Sayangdev ^a   Puri, Ishwar K ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DYNAMICS; FORMING; IRON; METAL FORMING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NICKEL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); ATOMISTIC SCALE; C ATOMS; CARBON NANO STRUCTURES; CARBON NANO-STRUCTURES; CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTHS; CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS; ENERGY GAINS; FE CATALYSTS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GROWTH MODES; METAL CATALYSTS; METAL NANO PARTICLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS (MDS); MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NANO TUBE; TIP GROWTH;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 45149133052     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2945798     Document Type: Article

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