DFT study of the structural and mechanical properties of oxydated single-walled carbon nanotubes

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 405-412

  Petrushenko, Igor K ^a   Ivanov, Nikolay A ^a  

^a IRKUTSK NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; density functional theory; oxidation; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED OXYGEN; GENERAL TRENDS; OPTIMAL GEOMETRY; PRISTINE NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SYSTEMATICAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 84892899893     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2012.684181     Document Type: Article

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