Effect of Temperature on Elastic Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 551-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Chen ◽  
X. Wang ◽  
B.Y. Liu
2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (08) ◽  
pp. 1650118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor K. Petrushenko ◽  
Konstantin B. Petrushenko

The structural and elastic properties of neutral and ionized dichlorocarbene (CCl2) functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were studied using density functional theory (DFT). The Young’s modulus of ionized pristine SWCNTs is found to decrease in comparison to that of neutral models. The interesting effect of increase in Young’s modulus values of ionized functionalized SWCNTs is observed. We ascribe this feature to the concurrent processes of the bond elongation on ionization and the local deformation on cycloaddition. The strong dependence of the elasticity modulus on the number of addends is also observed. However, the CCl2-attached SWCNTs in their neutral and ionized forms remain strong enough to be suitable for the reinforcement of composites. In contrast to the elastic properties, the binding energies do not change significantly, irrespective of CCl2 coverage.


Carbon ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiaki Natsuki ◽  
Kriengkamol Tantrakarn ◽  
Morinobu Endo

Author(s):  
X. Song ◽  
Q. Ge ◽  
S.-C. Yen

A first principles approach has been employed to study the elastic properties of ten zigzag and seven armchair types of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with the diameter varied from 0.551 to 1.358 nm. The linear elastic behavior of the SWNTs when subject to small deformation is studied by four virtual mechanical experiments: uniaxial strain, uniaxial stress, in-plane pure shear, and in-plane bi-axial tension tests. Assuming that a SWNT be transversely isotropic, a strain energy approach is used to calculate the Young’s moduli in axial and transverse directions, major Posson’s ratio, plain strain bulk, and in-plane shear moduli of the carbon nanotubes. It is found that the elastic constants are insensitive to the tube size, but show a slight dependence upon the helicity. However, the differences in the elastic moduli between zigzag and armchair nanotubes are within 10%.


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