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Carbon nanocontainers for gas storage

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Various types of nanocontainers that can work if there is a change of thermodynamic conditions or a change in the external electrostatic field are presented. Using the molecular dynamics method, the processes of charging, storage, and discharging various nanocontainers with hydrogen and methane are investigated.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Vakhrushev, M.V. Suetin, 2009, published in Rossiiskie nanotekhnologii, 2009, Vol. 4, Nos. 11–12.

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Vakhrushev, A.V., Suetin, M.V. Carbon nanocontainers for gas storage. Nanotechnol Russia 4, 806–815 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S199507800911007X

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