Carbon-ceramic (AlN) interfaces from liquid quench ab initio molecular dynamics simulations

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 160-168

  Martin, Nicolas ^a   Pailler, René ^a   Leyssale, Jean Marc ^a  

^a Laboratoire des Composites Thermostructuraux   (France)

Author keywords

ab initio molecular dynamics; carbon carbon composites; interfaces; simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; AMORPHOUS SOLIDS; CRYSTALLINE SURFACES; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; INTERFACE MODEL; NON-POLAR SURFACES; SELF-DIFFUSIVITY;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GRAPHENE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84896752400     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2013.847538     Document Type: Article

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