Structural stability of a coaxial carbon nanotube inside a boron-nitride nanotube

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 677-683

  Yuan, Jianhui ^a,b   Liew, K M ^b  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON-NITRIDE NANOTUBES; COMBINATION STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY METHODS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE; INTERWALL; INTERWALL INTERACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS; ZIG-ZAG NANOTUBES;

BORON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITRIDES; OPTIMIZATION; STABILITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 78649969408     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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