The core/shell composite nanowires produced by self-scrolling carbon nanotubes onto copper nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2235-2240

  Yan, Keyou ^a   Xue, Qingzhong ^a   Xia, Dan ^a   Chen, Huijuan ^a   Xie, Jie ^a   Dong, Mingdong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Composite nanowires; Molecular dynamic simulation; Nanowires; Self scrolling

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE NANOWIRES; COPPER NANOWIRES; CORE/SHELL; LARGE DIAMETER; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; NANOSCALE BUILDING BLOCKS; NEW CONCEPT; NOVEL METHODS; SELF-SCROLLING;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; COPPER; ELECTRIC WIRE; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 69549122111     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9005818     Document Type: Article

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