Mechanical properties of nanosheets and nanotubes investigated using a new geometry independent volume definition

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Wagner, Philipp ^a   Ivanovskaya, Viktoria V ^a   Rayson, Mark J ^b   Briddon, Patrick R ^c   Ewels, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE; BULK MATERIALS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; MACROSCOPIC CONCEPTS; OUT-OF-PLANE; POISSON'S RATIO; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

GRAPHENE; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSHEETS; NANOTUBES;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 84875665752     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/15/155302     Document Type: Article

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