Simulation of the electromechanical behavior of multiwall carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3266-3272

  Pantano, A ^a   Nardelli, M Buongiorno ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electron transport; Finite element; Mechanical deformation; Tight binding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DIRECT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FINITE ELEMENT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; MIXED FINITE ELEMENTS; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; MULTI-WALL CNT; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; TIGHT-BINDING; TIGHT-BINDING APPROACHES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TERBIUM ALLOYS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 70350637685     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900795n     Document Type: Article

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