Designing novel Sn-Bi, Si-C and Ge-C nanostructures, using simple theoretical chemical similarities

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-9

  Zdetsis, Aristides D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

BORON AND CARBONS; CARBON STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL SIMILARITY; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL NANO MATERIALS; GROUP 14 ELEMENT; PERIODICAL TABLES; VALENCE ELECTRON;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 84856048210     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-362     Document Type: Review

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