TY - JOUR
T1 - Buckling of ZnS-filled single-walled carbon nanotubes – The influence of aspect ratio
AU - Monteiro, André O.
AU - Da Costa, Pedro M. F. J.
AU - Cachim, Paulo B.
AU - Holec, David
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2014/8/16
Y1 - 2014/8/16
N2 - The mechanical response of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) filled with crystalline zinc sulphide (ZnS) nanowires under uniaxial compression is studied using classical molecular dynamics. These simulations were used to analyse the behaviour of SWCNT, with and without ZnS filling, in terms of critical force and critical strain. Force versus strain curves have been computed for hollow and filled systems, the latter clearly showing an improvement of the mechanical behaviour caused by the ZnS nanowire. The same simulations were repeated for a large range of dimensions in order to evaluate the influence of the aspect ratio on the mechanical response of the tubes.
AB - The mechanical response of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) filled with crystalline zinc sulphide (ZnS) nanowires under uniaxial compression is studied using classical molecular dynamics. These simulations were used to analyse the behaviour of SWCNT, with and without ZnS filling, in terms of critical force and critical strain. Force versus strain curves have been computed for hollow and filled systems, the latter clearly showing an improvement of the mechanical behaviour caused by the ZnS nanowire. The same simulations were repeated for a large range of dimensions in order to evaluate the influence of the aspect ratio on the mechanical response of the tubes.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/556729
UR - http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0008622314007519
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907789052&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.011
DO - 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.011
M3 - Article
SN - 0008-6223
VL - 79
SP - 529
EP - 537
JO - Carbon
JF - Carbon
IS - 1
ER -