The role of cap chirality in the mechanism of growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 48, 2008, Pages

  Gómez Gualdrón, Diego A ^a   Balbuena, Perla B ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CHIRAL ANGLES; NANOTUBE GROWTHS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; ZIG ZAGS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GROWTH; KINETICS; NANOANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 58149215933     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/48/485604     Document Type: Article

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