Molecular mechanics simulation of the sliding behavior between nested walls in a multi-walled carbon nanotube

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2934-2940

  Li, Yuan ^a   Hu, Ning ^a   Yamamoto, Go ^b   Wang, Zhongchang ^b   Hashida, Toshiyuki ^b   Asanuma, Hiroshi ^a   Dong, Chensong ^c   Okabe, Tomonaga ^b   Arai, Masahiro ^d   Fukunaga, Hisao ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; INNER WALLS; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRESS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS SIMULATION; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOTUBE LENGTHS; PULL-OUT; PULL-OUT FORCE; SLIDING SURFACE; SURFACE ENERGY DENSITY; UNIVERSAL THEORY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77955171563     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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