Adaptive Treatment of van der Waals Interactions in Empirical Bon

Clemson UniversityTigerPrints 5-2007 Adaptive Treatment of van der Waals Interactions in Empirical Bond-Order Potentials with Application to Junction Formation in Carbon Nanotubes Aibing

Clemson University

TigerPrints

5-2007

Adaptive Treatment of van der Waals Interactions

in Empirical Bond-Order Potentials with

Application to Junction Formation in Carbon

Nanotubes

Aibing Liu

Clemson University, aliu@clemson.edu

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Formation in Carbon Nanotubes" (2007) All Dissertations 50.

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