Abstract
The elastic response for a large catalog of carbon nanotubes subjected to axial and torsional strain is derived from atomistic calculations that rely on an accurate tight-binding description of the covalent binding. The application of the computationally expensive quantum treatment is possible due to the simplification in the number of atoms introduced by accounting for the helical and angular symmetries exhibited by the elastically deformed nanotubes. The elasticity of nanotubes larger than ∼1.25 nm in diameter can be represented with an isotropic elastic continuum.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 031919 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 93 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by NSF CAREER CMMI-0747684. Computations were carried out at the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute.