Torsional strain energy evolution of carbon nanotubes and their stability with encapsulated helical copper nanowires

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1408-1415

  Sun, F W ^b   Li, H ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER NANOWIRES; CRITICAL POINTS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MAXIMUM TORQUE; MECHANICAL DEVICE; METAL ATOMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE; TORSIONAL ANGLE; TORSIONAL STABILITY; TORSIONAL STRAIN;

BUCKLING; CARBON NANOTUBES; COPPER; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

STRAIN ENERGY;

EID: 78751575422     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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