Study of poisson ratios of single-walled carbon nanotubes based on an improved molecular structural mechanics model

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-168

  Zhao, P ^a   Shi, G ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chirality dependence; Graphene; Molecular mechanics; Poisson ratio; Single walled carbon nanotubes; Structural mechanics

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BOND ANGLE; CHIRALITY DEPENDENCE; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FRAMED STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE SHEETS; LONGITUDINAL YOUNG'S MODULUS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; NANO SCALE; STANDARD VALUES; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; TENSILE STIFFNESS;

CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; GRAPHENE; MECHANICS; MONOLAYERS; PAPER SHEETING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEREOCHEMISTRY;

POISSON RATIO;

EID: 79957981531     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: 15462226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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