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Title

  • Main Title Ultimate strength of carbon nanotubes: A theoretical study

Creator

  • Author: Zhao, Qingzhong
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: North Carolina State University
  • Author: Buongiorno Nardelli, Marco
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: University of North Texas; North Carolina State University
  • Author: Bernholc, Jerry
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: North Carolina State University

Publisher

  • Name: American Physical Society
    Place of Publication: [College Park, Maryland]

Date

  • Creation: 2002-03-27

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Article on a theoretical study of the ultimate strength of carbon nanotubes.
  • Physical Description: 6 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: carbon nanotubes
  • Keyword: quantum calculations
  • Keyword: materials science

Source

  • Journal: Physical Review B, 2002, College Park: American Physical Society

Citation

  • Publication Title: Physical Review B
  • Volume: 65
  • Pages: 6
  • Peer Reviewed: True

Collection

  • Name: UNT Scholarly Works
    Code: UNTSW

Institution

  • Name: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
    Code: UNTCAS

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.144105
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc234919

Degree

  • Academic Department: Physics

Note

  • Display Note: Copyright 2002 American Physical Society. The following article appeared in Physical Review B, 65, http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.144105
  • Display Note: Abstract: The ultimate strength of carbon nanotubes is investigated by large-scale quantum calculations. While the formation energy of strain-induced topological defects determines the thermodynamic limits of the elastic response and of mechanical resistance to applied tension, it is found that the activation barriers for the formation of such defects are much larger than estimated previously. The theoretical results indicate a substantially greater resilience and strength, and show that the ultimate strength limit of carbon nanotubes has yet to be reached experimentally. Nanotubes are indeed the strongest material known.
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