Molecular dynamics simulations of carbon nanotube interactions in water/surfactant systems

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0210121-0210125

  Uddin, Nasir M ^a   Capaldi, Franco ^a   Farouk, Bakhtier ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive biasing force method; Carbon nanotubes; Correlation; Dispersion; Potential of mean force

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CORRELATION METHODS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ADAPTIVE BIASING FORCES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POTENTIAL OF MEAN FORCE; PROCESSING SCHEDULE; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; SPEED UP;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77955321363     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000231     Document Type: Article

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