Computational studies of metal-carbon nanotube interfaces for regrowth and electronic transport

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1117-1120

  Börjesson, Anders ^a,d   Zhu, Wuming ^a   Amara, Hakim ^b   Bichara, Christophe ^c   Bolton, Kim ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER SURFACES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORTS; FIRST PRINCIPLES; METAL INTERFACES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NICKEL CLUSTERS; PRISTINE STRUCTURES; SUBSURFACE SITES; TIGHT BINDINGS;

BINDING SITES; CARBON CLUSTERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DOCKING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL; NANOMATERIAL; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; METALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NICKEL; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 65249100314     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl8036245     Document Type: Article

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