Simulation and modeling of carbon nanotube synthesis: Current trends and investigations

Nanotechnology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-105

  Raji, Kochandra ^a   Sobhan, Choondal B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube synthesis; chemical kinetic model; computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models; molecular dynamics simulation; thermodynamic approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946711902     PISSN: 21919089     EISSN: 21919097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2012-0038     Document Type: Article

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