Evaluation of mechanical and piezoelectric properties of boron nitride nanotube: A novel electrostructural analogy approach

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-468

  Jafari, Akbar ^a   Khatibi, Akbar Afaghi ^a,b   Mosavi Mashadi, Mahmoud ^c  

^a SIRJAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boron Nitride Nanotubes; Multiscale Modeling; Piezoelectric; Smart Materials

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; YARN;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES (BNNTS); MULTI-SCALE MODELING; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84861556191     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: 15461963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2012.2047     Document Type: Article

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