Direct mechanical measurement of the tensile strength and elastic modulus of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

07 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Brian Demczyk

This work represents the first in-situ measurenment of the tensile strength of a carbon nanotuube.

http://nanohub.org/resources/12250

Self-Consistent Geometry, Density and Stiffness of Carbon Nanotubes

05 May 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): R. Byron Pipes

A self-consistent set of relationships is developed for the physical properties of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCN) and their hexagonal arrays as a function of the chiral vector integer …

http://nanohub.org/resources/8924

Nanotribology, Nanomechanics and Materials Characterization Studies

08 Jun 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Bharat Bhushan

Fundamental nanotribological studies provide insight to molecular origins of interfacial phenomena including adhesion, friction, wear and lubrication. Friction and wear of lightly loaded micro/nano …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6573