Nucleation and anomalous cap formation on icosahedral Fe13 nanocatalyst: A first step towards chirality-controlled single-walled nanotube growth

Carbon

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 198-202

  Tefera, Anteneh G ^a   Mochena, Mogus D ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTENTIAL ENERGY; YARN;

COORDINATION NUMBER; LIFT OFFS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO-CATALYST; NUCLEATION SITES; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; ZIG-ZAG STRUCTURES;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 84892797840     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.09.081     Document Type: Article

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