Electromechanical properties of carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 13936-13944

  Juarez Mosqueda, Rosalba ^a   Ghorbani Asl, Mahdi ^a   Kuc, Agnieszka ^a   Heine, Thomas ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DEFORMATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP;

ARMCHAIR TUBES; BORN-OPPENHEIMER MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DEFLECTION POINTS; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; FORCE CONSTANTS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; RADIAL DEFORMATION; UNPERTURBED SYSTEMS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84908111861     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502267d     Document Type: Article

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