Ab initio density functional studies of the restructuring of graphene nanoribbons to form tailored single walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1153-1158

  Saxena, Sumit ^a   Tyson, Trevor A ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; CARBON ATOMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL STUDY; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HIGH SPECIFICITY; NANOSCALE DEVICE; NANOTUBE FORMATION; REHYBRIDIZATION OF ORBITALS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 74149089956     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.11.038     Document Type: Article

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