Torsional instability of carbon nanotubes encapsulating C60 fullerenes

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 507-512

  Wang, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DYNAMICS; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

C60 FULLERENES; GLOBAL BUCKLING; LOCAL BUCKLING; SHEAR STIFFNESSES; TORSIONAL ANGLES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 57949084952     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.10.035     Document Type: Article

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