Structure and dynamics of carbon nanoscrolls

被引：269

作者：

Braga, SF

Coluci, VR

Legoas, SB

Giro, R

Galvao, DS

Baughman, RH

机构：

[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Fis Gleb Wataghin, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, Brazil

[2] Univ Texas, NanoTech Inst, Richardson, TX USA

[3] Univ Texas, Dept Chem, Richardson, TX USA

来源：

NANO LETTERS | 2004年 / 4卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1021/nl0497272

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

Carbon nanotube scrolls (CNSs) provide an interesting form of carbon that ideally consists of a single sheet of graphite that is spiral wrapped to form a nanotube. We here use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate CNS formation, stability, and the structural effects due to charge injection. CNS formation is seen to automatically occur when a critical overlap between sheet layers is achieved for the partially curled sheet. We find that charge injection causes unwinding of the CNSs, which might be important for the application of CNSs as nanomechanical actuators.

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页码：881 / 884

页数：4

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