Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes: Theoretical predictions and experimental measurements

Rodney S. Ruoff*, Dong Qian, Wing Kam Liu

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Abstract

Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes are discussed based on recent advances in both modeling and experiment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)993-1008
Number of pages16
JournalComptes Rendus Physique
Volume4
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2003

Funding

QD acknowledges the support of this work from the Ohio Board of Regents. RSR appreciates support from the NASA Langley Research Center Computational Materials: Nanotechnology Modeling and Simulation Program, from the NASA University Research, Engineering and Technology Institute on Bio Inspired Materials under award No. NCC-1-02037, the Office of Naval Research through contract N000140210870 (“Mechanics of Nanostructures”) and for support to RSR and WKL through the NSF grant “Mechanics of Nanoropes” (Ken Chong and Oscar Dillon, program managers).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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