Molecular dynamics simulations of the transformation of carbon peapods into double-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3592-3598

  Suarez Martinez, I ^a   Higginbottom, P J ^a   Marks, N A ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; DOUBLE-WALLED NANOTUBES; FREE SURFACES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PEA PODS; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; TEMPLATING EFFECTS;

ATOMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77955426820     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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