Bioinspired design of functionalised graphene

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 38, Issue 8-9, 2012, Pages 695-703

  Qin, Zhao ^a   Buehler, Markus ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

bioinspired; functionalisation; graphene; hierarchical; simulation

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; BIOLOGICAL PROTEINS; BOTTOM-UP DESIGN; DRIVING FORCES; FOLDED STRUCTURES; FOLDING PROCESS; FUNCTIONALISATION; HIERARCHICAL; LOWER ENERGIES; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-DEVICES; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; SIMULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84863671644     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2012.685943     Document Type: Article

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