Validity comparison between asymptotic dispersion energy formalisms for nanomaterials

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 960-971

  Dobson, John F ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon Nanotubes; Casimir Forces; Dispersion Forces; Graphene; Lifshitz Theory; Moeller Plesset Theory; Nanostructures; Plasmons; Random Phase Approximation; RPA; Van der Waals Interactions

Indexed keywords

CASIMIR FORCES; DISPERSION FORCES; GRAPHENE; LIFSHITZ THEORY; MOELLER-PLESSET THEORY; RANDOM PHASE APPROXIMATION; RPA; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; NANOSTRUCTURES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMONS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67549127437     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1131     Document Type: Article

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