Determination of join regions between carbon nanostructures using variational calculus

ANZIAM Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 221-247

  Baowan, D ^a   Cox, B J ^b   Hill, J M ^b  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

C 60 fullerenes; carbon nanotubes; geometry; nanostructures; variational calculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894116904     PISSN: 14461811     EISSN: 14468735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1446181113000217     Document Type: Article

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