Theoretical characterization of the topology of connected carbon nanotubes in random networks

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 34, 2011, Pages

  Heitz, Jérôme ^a   Leroy, Yann ^a   Hébrard, Luc ^a   Lallement, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FINITE SIZE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; RANDOM NETWORK; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORETICAL RESULT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; SOLVENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 79961091827     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/34/345703     Document Type: Article

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