Structural stability and elastic properties of bilayer graphenes and boron nitride nanosheets

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 324-329

  Yuan, Jianhui ^a   Liao, Jiaxin ^a   Yang, Changhu ^a   Shi, Xianghua ^a  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bilayer nanosheets; Chemical bond; Elastic property; Molecular dynamics; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BORON NITRIDE; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSHEETS; OPTIMIZATION; STABILITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BI-LAYER; BORON NITRIDE NANOSHEETS; CHEMICAL BONDING THEORY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

GRAPHENE;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84889053028     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573413711309030005     Document Type: Article

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