Effect of the Stone-Wales defect on the structure and mechanical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes in axial stretch and twist

Archive of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-123

  Pozrikidis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Stone Wales defect; Stretching; Twisting

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; DEFECTS; DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AXIAL STRETCHES; BRENNER POTENTIALS; CARBON ATOMS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DEFECTS; DEFECT ENERGIES; DEFECT FORMATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL RESPONSES; NEIGHBORING ATOMS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; STONE-WALES DEFECT; TEST SECTIONS; TWISTING; ZIG ZAGS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 58149498959     PISSN: 09391533     EISSN: 14320681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00419-008-0217-6     Document Type: Article

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