Dynamic nanofragmentation of carbon nanotubes

被引：17

作者：

Daraio, C ^{[1
]}

Nesterenko, VF ^{[1
]}

Aubuchon, JF ^{[1
]}

Jin, SH ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Aerosp & Mech Engn, Mat Sci & Engn Program, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

来源：

NANO LETTERS | 2004年 / 4卷 / 10期

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D O I：

10.1021/nl048946k

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

We report a new phenomenon of dynamic nanofragmentation of DC plasma grown carbon nanotubes under high-strain-rate conditions. An impacting sphere on vertically aligned multiwall nanotubes caused them to break up into short segments in just 15 microseconds with a relatively uniform length range of similar to100-150 rim, The ends of the fragmented nanotubes often exhibit an irregular oval or hexagonal cross-section. Some of the fragments show a sign of plastic bending near the fracture point. The mechanisms of multiple-breakup of nanotubes may be tentatively attributed to elastic buckling and fracture at the nodes or weak points, sequential fragmentation due to local bending, or contact interaction of crossed nanotubes. The observed cutting of nanotubes may conveniently be utilized for their resizing and end-opening for a variety of applications such as nanocomposite synthesis, nanoscale and large-surface-area reservoirs to store chemical reactants/catalysts, nanocarriers for therapeutic drugs/DNAs/proteins, and various other nanoelectronics and nanomechanics applications.

引用

页码：1915 / 1918

页数：4

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