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Inelastic Deformations in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

D. Tekleab ,
R. Czerw ,
A. Rubio ,
P.M. Ajayan  and
D.L. Carroll
D. Tekleab
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson SC, 29634
R. Czerw
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson SC, 29634
A. Rubio
Affiliation:
Dept. Of Physics, Universidad Valladolid, Valladolid Spain
P.M. Ajayan
Affiliation:
Dept. Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY 12180
D.L. Carroll
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson SC, 29634
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Abstract

We report the use of high power ultrasonic agitation to create inelastic deformations in multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Using STM coupled with TEM we show that this damage can range from kinking to breaking of continuous tube walls into segments. Such deformed tubes provide an insight into the role of re-hybridization in the electrical and mechanical properties of tubes.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 593: Symposium U – Amorphous & Nanostructured Carbon , 1999 , 155
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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