A molecular simulation analysis of producing monatomic carbon chains by stretching ultranarrow graphene nanoribbons

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 26, 2010, Pages

  Qi, Zenan ^a   Zhao, Fengpeng ^a   Zhou, Xiaozhou ^a   Sun, Zehui ^a   Park, Harold S ^b   Wu, Hengan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CARBON ATOMS; CARBON CHAINS; CARBON HEXAGON; CHIRALITY DEPENDENCE; DEFORMATION PROCESS; DEFORMATION STRUCTURE; ELONGATION PROCESS; FRACTURE STRAIN; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; INTERMEDIATE CONFIGURATION; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; MONATOMIC CHAINS; NANOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; ROPE-LADDER; TENSILE DEFORMATION;

GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 77953516553     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/26/265702     Document Type: Article

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