Structural transformation of single wall carbon nanotube bundles under pressure

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 744-754

  Zhao, Xianwu ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Wang, Jianxiang ^a   Duan, Huiling ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

density functional theory; hydrostatic pressure; Nanotube bundle; transformation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DFT CALCULATION; INTERMEDIATE STATE; NANOTUBE BUNDLE; NANOTUBE BUNDLES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBE BUNDLES; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; TETRAGONAL STRUCTURE; TETRAGONAL SYMMETRIES; TRANSFORMATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 77957692400     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: 17413028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081286510374688     Document Type: Article

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