Load transfer between cross-linked walls of a carbon nanotube

Alexandre F. Fonseca,1,* Tammie Borders,2,† Ray H. Baughman,3,‡ and Kyeongjae Cho1,4,§ 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, USA 2Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, USA 3The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute and the Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, USA 4Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, USA Received 26 August 2009; revised manuscript received 17 December 2009; published 28 January 2010