Local relative density modulates failure and strength in vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 8593-8604

  Pathak, Siddhartha ^a,d   Mohan, Nisha ^a   Decolvenaere, Elizabeth ^a   Needleman, Alan ^b   Bedewy, Mostafa ^c   Hart, A John ^c,e   Greer, Julia R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

compression; energy storage; finite element simulation; mechanical properties; vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

DENSITY GRADIENTS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE; THEORETICAL MODELING; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE; VISCOPLASTIC SOLIDS;

COMPACTION; EDGE DETECTION; ENERGY STORAGE; HARDENING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84887000287     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402710j     Document Type: Article

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