Mechanical and electrical properties of single walled carbon nanotubes: A computational study

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-358

  Gowri Sankar, P A ^a   Udhaya Kumar, K ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Armchair; Band gap; DFT; NEGF; SWCNTs; Young's modulus; Zigzag

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053265215     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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