Optimised cut-off function for Tersoff-like potentials for a BN nanosheet: A molecular dynamics study

Nanotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Rajasekaran, G ^a   Parashar, Avinash ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

BNNSs; mechanical behaviour; molecular dynamics simulation; Tersoff potential

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; NANOSHEETS; NITROGEN; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

BNNSS; BORON NITRIDE NANOSHEETS; FRACTURE STRAIN; INTERATOMIC INTERACTIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR; TERSOFF POTENTIAL;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84957016249     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/8/085706     Document Type: Article

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