Discrete and continuous approximations for nanobuds

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-177

  Baowan, Duangkamon ^a   Cox, Barry J ^b   Hill, James M ^b  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calculus of variations; Carbon nanotubes; Fullerenes; Least squares method; Nanobuds

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BOND ANGLE; CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; DISCRETE MODELS; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; LEAST SQUARES MINIMIZATION; SIMULATION DATA;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; BOND LENGTH; CALCULATIONS; FULLERENES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77951216945     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830903586625     Document Type: Article

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