Continuum modeling of van der Waals interactions between carbon onion layers

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1620-1627

  Todt, M ^a   Rammerstorfer, F G ^a   Fischer, F D ^b   Mayrhofer, P H ^c   Holec, D ^c   Hartmann, M A ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ONIONS; CONTINUUM FORMULATION; CONTINUUM MODELING; CURVATURE EFFECT; DOUBLE LAYERS; EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATION; EQUILIBRIUM INTERLAYERS; MEMBRANE FORCE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEW APPROACHES; RADIAL DISPLACEMENTS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STATIONARITY; TOTAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; VAN DER WAALS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79551683844     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.12.045     Document Type: Article

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