A dissipative particle dynamics model of carbon nanotubes

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 737-748

  Liba, Orly ^a   Kauzlaric, David ^b   Abrams, Zeev R ^a   Hanein, Yael ^a   Greiner, Andreas ^b   Korvink, Jan G ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Dissipative particle dynamics model; Suspended tubes; Vibrating tubes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SEDIMENTATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TUBES (COMPONENTS); VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BONDING FORCES; CARBON ATOMS; COARSE-GRAINED MODELING; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS MODEL; LARGE SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL DEVICES; MESO-SCALE; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SUSPENDED TUBES; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS; VIBRATING TUBES; VIRTUAL EXPERIMENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 49649100601     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020802209909     Document Type: Article

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