Theoretical study of chemisorption of hydrogen atoms on the sidewalls of armchair single-walled carbon nanotubes with Stone-Wales defect

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 999, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-125

  Zhang, Ai Dong ^a   Wang, Dong Lai ^b   Hou, Dong Yan ^b  

^a Anshan Teacher Training College   (China)

^b ANSHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Density function; Hydrogenation; Stone Wales defect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869090897     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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