Methane physisorption on single-walled carbon nanotubes: A molecular dynamics study

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-195

  Hashemi, Fariba Sadat ^a   Zolfaghari, Alireza ^b   Pourhossein, Parisa ^a   Jooya, Hossein Zolfghari ^b  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Methane; Molecular dynamics simulations; Physisorption; Single walled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; COVALENT BONDS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DYNAMICS; METHANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PHYSISORPTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; ADSORPTION ENERGIES; AMBIENT PRESSURE (AP); BOND ORDER (BO); CARBON ATOMS; CURVATURE (SORI); EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (EMD); INTERATOMIC INTERACTIONS; INTERMOLECULAR FORCES; LENNARD JONES (LJ) POTENTIALS; NANO TUBE; NANOTUBE WALLS; OPERATING TEMPERATURES; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (RDF); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNTS); TERSOFF POTENTIALS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 47749107899     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830802042654     Document Type: Article

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