Contact nanomechanics of a capped nanotube indented on graphite and diamond surfaces

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 214-216

  Fang, Te Hua ^a   Chang, Win Jin ^b   Fan, Yu Cheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT FORCES; DIAMOND SURFACES; GRAPHITE SHEETS; INDENTERS; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION RESULT;

GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

DIAMONDS;

CARBON; DIAMOND; GRAPHITE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ENERGY; FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 79957507821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2011.0055     Document Type: Article

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