Buckling of functionalized single-walled nanotubes under axial compression

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 279-285

  Kuang, Y D ^a   He, X Q ^a   Chen, C Y ^b   Li, G Q ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; AXIAL COMPRESSION; BUCKLING; CARBON; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CHIRALITY; DATA COMPRESSION; ENANTIOMERS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRAIN;

CARBON ATOMS; CRITICAL BUCKLING STRAINS; CRITICAL STRAINS; DISTRIBUTION DENSITIES; FUNCTIONALIZED; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; WALLED NANOTUBES; ZIG ZAGS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 56949085163     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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