A theoretical analysis of frictional and defect characteristics of graphene probed by a capped single-walled carbon nanotube

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3687-3697

  Liu, P ^a   Zhang, Y W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; GRAPHENE LATTICES; GRAPHENE LAYERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATERAL FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOVING PATH; NORMAL FORCES; SINGLE LAYER; SINGLE-WALLED;

DEFECTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRICTION; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79958282083     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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