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American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, 11(4), p. 6665-6672, 2010

DOI: 10.1021/nn102095y

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Catalyzed growth of carbon nanotube with definable chirality by hybrid molecular dynamics-force biased Monte Carlo simulations

Journal article published in 2010 by Erik C. Neyts ORCID, Yasushi Shibuta, Adri C. T. van Duin, van Adri C. T. Duin, Annemie Bogaerts ORCID
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Abstract

Metal-catalyzed growth mechanisms of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were studied by hybrid molecular dynamics−Monte Carlo simulations using a recently developed ReaxFF reactive force field. Using this novel approach, including relaxation effects, a CNT with definable chirality is obtained, and a step-by-step atomistic description of the nucleation process is presented. Both root and tip growth mechanisms are observed. The importance of the relaxation of the network is highlighted by the observed healing of defects.