Tensile properties and thermal conductivity of graphene nanoribbons encapsulated in single-walled carbon nanotube

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 922-927

  Shen, Haijun ^a   Cheng, Kai ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GNR@SWNT; MD method; tensile properties; thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

AXIAL TENSIONS; GNR@SWNT; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; NANORIBBONS;

GRAPHENE; LOADING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TENSILE PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84865679520     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2012.672739     Document Type: Article

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