Icosahedral ni nanowires formed from nanocontacts breaking: Identification and characterization by molecular dynamics

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-226

  Peláez, Samuel ^a   Serena, Pedro A ^a   Guerrero, Carlo ^b,c   Paredes, Ricardo ^b,d,e,f   García Mochales, Pedro ^g  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^f Centro de Física Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas ^*  (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embedded atom method; Icosahedral nanowires; Metallic nanocontacts; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

[110] DIRECTION; ATOMIC STRUCTURE; EMBEDDED-ATOM METHOD; ICOSAHEDRAL NANOWIRES; ICOSAHEDRAL STRUCTURE; METALLIC NANOCONTACTS; METALLIC NANOWIRES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOCONTACTS; NI NANOWIRES; PENTAGONAL RINGS; RING STRUCTURES;

ALGORITHMS; ATOMS; DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

NANOWIRE; NICKEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRETCHING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79951706913     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341311794653668     Document Type: Article

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