A theoretical investigation of the mechanical stability of single-walled carbon nanotube 3-D junctions

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1626-1635

  Liu, W C ^a   Meng, F Y ^b   Shi, S Q ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING STRUCTURE; CARBON ATOMS; D TYPES; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; DEFORMATION MODES; DEFORMATION PROCESS; MD SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RANDOM SEEDS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ULTRA-THIN SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 75849125386     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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