Do SiO2 and carbon-doped SiO2 nanoparticles melt? Insights from QM/MD simulations and ramifications regarding carbon nanotube growth

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 508, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 235-241

  Page, Alister J ^a   Chandrakumar, K R S ^a   Irle, Stephan ^a,b   Morokuma, Keiji ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH; LIQUID PHASE; PHYSICAL STATE; QUANTUM CHEMICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLID-PHASE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79956218333     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.01.075     Document Type: Article

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