Effect of nitrogen doping on the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7637-7643

  Ganesan, Yogeeswaran ^a   Peng, Cheng ^a   Lu, Yang ^a   Ci, Lijie ^a   Srivastava, Anchal ^a   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a   Lou, Jun ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

fracture; in situ tensile testing; multiwall carbon nanotube; nitrogen doping; plasticity

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; CROSS-SECTION AREA; FRACTURE SPECIMENS; FRACTURE SURFACES; GRAPHITIC SHEETS; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU TENSILE TESTING; LOAD-BEARING; MICROFABRICATED DEVICES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOINDENTERS; NITROGEN ATOM; NITROGEN DOPING; NITROGEN-DOPED; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; STRAIN CURVES; WALL STRUCTURE;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON DEVICE TESTING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FRACTURE TESTING; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NITROGEN; PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY TESTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 78650739186     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102372w     Document Type: Article

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