Bending and buckling of carbon nanotubes under large strain

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6651, 1997, Pages 582-584

  Falvo, M R ^a   Clary, G J ^b   Taylor II, R M ^b   Chi, V ^b   Brooks Jr , F P ^b   Washburn, S ^a   Superfine, R ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Brooks Computer Science Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

CARBON; ELASTICITY; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 0030863666     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39282     Document Type: Article

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