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Binormal Nanohelices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
Abstract
Helical structures can be classified in accordance with the orientation of its cross-section with respect to the normal or binormal vectors. We investigate the geometric features of several nanosprings verifying the non-existence of normal nanohelices. In this work, using the VLS growth model, we explain not only the absence of normal nanosprings but also the growing process of binormal nanosprings. The dynamical stability of crystalline ZnO binormal nanohelices is also addressed.
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