A theoretical quantification of the possible improvement in the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube bundles by carbon ion irradiation

Carbon

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 346-356

  O'Brien, N P ^a   McCarthy, M A ^a   Curtin, W A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C ATOMS; CARBON IONS; CARBON NANOTUBE BUNDLE; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; FLUENCES; FRICTIONAL SLIDING; INDUCED DEFECTS; INTERFACE SHEAR; INTERSTITIAL ATOMS; ION DEPOSITION; IRRADIATION PARAMETERS; LOW ENERGY IRRADIATION; MICRO-SCALES; NANO SCALE; POST TREATMENT; SHEAR PROPERTIES; TOUGHNESS PROPERTIES;

ATOMS; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEBONDING; IONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

IRRADIATION;

EID: 84871325032     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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