Fatigue resistance of aligned carbon nanotube arrays under cyclic compression

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 417-421

  Suhr, J ^a   Victor, P ^b   Ci, L ^b   Sreekala, S ^c   Zhang, X ^d   Nalamasu, O ^b   Ajayan, P M ^b  

^a University of Nevada   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY; YARN;

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBON NANO-TUBE STRUCTURES; COMPRESSIVE CYCLIC LOADING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MULTI-WALLED NANOTUBES; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; STATIC MECHANICAL LOADING; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; NANOENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 34447116383     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.186     Document Type: Article

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