Molecular simulation of zinc oxide nanostructures confined in carbon nanotubes

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1045-1058

  Horlait, Denis ^a   Coasne, Benoit ^a   Mezy, Aude ^a   Ravot, Didier ^a   Tedenac, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; nanostructure; semiconductor; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

1D SYSTEMS; ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; BULK CRYSTALS; CONFINED NANOPARTICLES; CONFINED PARTICLE; COORDINATION NUMBER; CRYSTALLINE FEATURE; CUBIC PHASE; FILLING DENSITY; FREE INTERFACE; LOCAL ORDERING; MOLECULAR CONFIGURATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NANOMATERIAL; NEAREST NEIGHBOUR; OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; PAIR CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; PORE FILLING; RADIAL DIRECTION; ROCK SALT; SEMICONDUCTOR; WURTZITES; ZN ATOMS; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FILLING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPORES; NANORODS; STOICHIOMETRY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ATOMS;

EID: 78649557720     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2010.501798     Document Type: Article

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