Reinforcing multiwall carbon nanotubes by electron beam irradiation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Duchamp, Martial ^a   Meunier, Richard ^a   Smajda, Rita ^a   Mionic, Marijana ^a   Magrez, Arnaud ^a   Seo, Jin Won ^b   Forró, László ^a   Song, Bo ^c   Tománek, David ^a,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; BEAM GEOMETRY; BENDING MODULI; DEFECT CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRON BEAM DAMAGE; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ENTIRE SYSTEM; EXTENDED DEFECT; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH DOSE; INITIAL BENDING; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBE DEFLECTION; NANOTUBE WALLS; RELATIVE MOTION; STICK SLIP MOTION; VACANCY DEFECTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEFECTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REINFORCEMENT; SLIP FORMING; VACANCIES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 78149417454     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3493049     Document Type: Article

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