We demonstrate a novel cross-sectional deformation, called the radial corrugation, of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) under hydrostatic pressure. Theoretical analyses based on the continuum elastic approximation have revealed that MWNTs consisting of more than ten concentric walls undergo elastic deformations at critical pressure pc ≃ 1 GPa, above which the circular shape of the cross sec...

The energy absorbing capability is one of the most important aspects of crushing behavior of a structure subjected to axial impact. In this paper, a simple practical method is introduced to enhance the crushing behavior of this kind of structure. The axial impact of metallic energy absorbing thin-walled tubes with special shaped cross-section is simulated using LS-DYNA software. The effect of c...

The electronic properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) depend on the positions of their walls with respect to neighboring shells. This fact can enable several applications of MWCNTs as nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS). In this article, we report the findings of a first-principles study on the stability and dynamics of point defects in double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) an...

We present theoretical and experimental studies of Schottky diodes that use aligned arrays of single-walled carbon nanotubes. A simple physical model, taking into account the basic physics of current rectification, can adequately describe the single-tube and array devices. We show that for as-grown array diodes, the rectification ratio, defined by the maximum-to-minimum-current-ratio, is low du...

Abstract The present research introduces a new configuration of thin-walled nested tube structure as possible energy absorber subjected to lateral compression. nested-tube structures were configured in system comprising four tubes arranged different ways. All the systems quasi-statically compressed direction on universal mechanical tester obtain their absorption characteristics. Two modes defor...

The main objective of this research is to improvethe design and performance of the polyurethane foam-filled thin-walled aluminum grooved circular tubes using multi-response optimization (MRO) technique. The tubes are shaped with the inner and the outer circular grooves at different positions along the axis. For this aim, several numerical simulations using ABAQUS finite element explicit code ar...

In this paper, a new hybrid structure of body-centered cubic lattice-filled thin-walled tube is designed, and the specimens one-piece printing split-printing are prepared by laser melting technique. The deformation mode energy absorption characteristics investigated experiments numerical simulations. Under axial compression, printed forms more wrinkles with smaller wavelengths, specific increas...

Herein, we present the fabrication of multiplexed single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) devices, where selected chiralities were separately immobilized on one chip with single-tube precision. Each chirality was subsequently electrically measured individually. Specifically, (6,5) and (7,5) SWCNT species isolated via aqueous two-phase polymer systems, after which dielectrophoresis used to precise...