A molecular dynamics simulation of the mechanical characteristics of a C60-filled carbon nanotube under nanoindentation using various carbon nanotube tips

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2053-2061

  Wu, Cheng Da ^a   Fang, Te Hua ^a   Chan, Chi Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE TIP; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; ELASTIC ENERGY; ELASTIC RECOVERY; FILLED CARBON NANOTUBES; INDENTATION DEPTH; INNER WALLS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PLASTIC ENERGY; RADIAL DEFORMATION; SIMULATED RESULTS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FULLERENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOINDENTATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TEMPERATURE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79951951301     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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