On the unzipping of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 46, 2012, Pages

  Dos Santos, R P B ^a   Perim, E ^b   Autreto, P A S ^b   Brunetto, Gustavo ^b   Galvao D S ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; FRACTURE PATTERN; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HIGH CARRIER MOBILITY; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; MECHANICAL STRETCHING; MULTI-WALLED; NANO-DEVICES; REACTIVE FORCE FIELD; STRESS PROFILE;

CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; GRAPHENE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84867927653     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/46/465702     Document Type: Article

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