The effects of boron doping and boron grafts on the mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Song, Hai Yang ^a   Zha, Xin Wei ^a  

^a XI AN UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADING; BORON-DOPING; BUCKLING LOADS; BUCKLING STRAIN; DEGREE OF DEGRADATION; DISTRIBUTION DENSITY; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MG MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; TENSION STRENGTH; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BORON; BUCKLING; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70450213141     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/22/225402     Document Type: Article

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