Effect of filling on the compressibility of carbon nanotubes: Predictions from molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 536-541

  Trotter, Heather ^a   Phillips, Roshenda ^a   Ni, Boris ^a,b   Hu, Yanhong ^a   Sinnott, Susan B ^a   Mikulski, Paul T ^c   Harrison, Judith A ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling Force; Carbon Nanotubes; Compression; Filling; Mechanical Properties

Indexed keywords

BOND ORDER POTENTIAL; BUCKLING FORCE; CARBON NANOWIRES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

BUCKLING; BUTANE; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF SOLIDS; CROSSLINKING; FILLING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BUTANE; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BUTANES; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FULLERENES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 27744541920     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2005.081     Document Type: Article

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