A new lower limit for the ultimate breaking strain of carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5095-5100

  Chang, Chia Chi ^a   Hsu, I Kai ^a   Aykol, Mehmet ^b   Hung, Wei Hsuan ^a   Chen, Chun Chung ^b   Cronin, Stephen B ^a,b  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Materials Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CNTs; CVD; individual; Raman; strain; strength; stress

Indexed keywords

CNTS; CVD; INDIVIDUAL; RAMAN; STRENGTH;

NANOTUBES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

STRAIN;

EID: 77957325056     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100946q     Document Type: Article

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