Elastic distortions of carbon nanotubes induced by chiral fullerene chains

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4011-4016

  Warner, Jamie H ^a   Wilson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chirality; fullerenes; HRTEM; Peapods; SWNTs

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL STRUCTURES; ELASTIC DISTORTION; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HRTEM; LARGE DIAMETER; METALLOFULLERENES; MINIMUM ENERGY CONFIGURATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PEA PODS; REAL TIME; REDUCED DESCRIPTION;

CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77955547783     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101111b     Document Type: Article

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