Stability of single-wall silicon carbide nanotubes - molecular dynamics simulations

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 664-669

  Zhang, Yongfeng ^a   Huang, Hanchen ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Melting; Molecular dynamics; Nanotube; Nanowire; Nucleation; Silicon carbide; Stability

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC WIRE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; NONMETALS; NUCLEATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

C-C BONDS; CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; CRITICAL DIAMETER; FREE END; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HEXAGONAL DEFECTS; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; MELTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; SIC NANOTUBES; SIC NANOWIRES; SILICON CARBIDE (SIC); SILICON CARBIDE NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALL; SINGLE-WALL NANOTUBES; STABILITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 52949083562     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2008.01.038     Document Type: Article

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