Amorphous graphene: A realization of Zachariasens glass

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 48, 2012, Pages

  Kumar, Avishek ^a   Wilson, Mark ^b   Thorpe, M F ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTORTIONS; CONTINUOUS RANDOM NETWORKS; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION; GRAPHENE SHEETS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; RING STATISTICS; SIMULATION METHODS; SWITCHING ALGORITHMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS;

GLASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84869028830     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/48/485003     Document Type: Article

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