Proton affinity of polar amino acid sidechain analogues anchored to the outer wall of single walled carbon nanotubes

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1010, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-66

  Abi, T G ^a   Karmakar, Tarak ^a   Taraphder, Srabani ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Functionalized carbon nanotube; Proton affinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874733863     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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