Compressive dynamic scission of carbon nanotubes under sonication: Fracture by atomic ejection

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 467, Issue 2129, 2011, Pages 1270-1289

  Chew, H B ^a   Moon, M W ^b   Lee, K R ^b   Kim, K S ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atomic scission; Buckling; Carbon nanotube; Nanofluidics; Sonication

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE; ATOMIC SCISSION; AXIAL BUCKLING; BOND-BREAKING; COMPRESSIVE FRACTURE; GRAPHENE SHEETS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-PLANE COMPRESSION; MICRO-BUBBLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOSCALE FLOW; OUT-OF-PLANE; STRUCTURAL PECULIARITIES; TENSILE FRACTURES; ULTRA-SONICATION; WATER MOLECULE;

ATOMS; DYNAMICS; FRACTURE; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; REACTION KINETICS; SONICATION; SPOT WELDING;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79957472990     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0495     Document Type: Article

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