Stability comparison of simulated double-walled carbon nanotube structures

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2083-2095

  Lair, S L ^a   Herndon, W C ^b   Murr, L E ^a  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARIFICATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AB INITIO SIMULATIONS; ARMCHAIR TUBES; CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL LEVELS; ELECTRONIC ENERGIES; ENDCAPS; HIGH STABILITIES; INTERWALL; NUCLEATION AND GROWTHS; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS; TUBE TYPES; ZIG-ZAG; ZIGZAG TUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 54549088688     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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