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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807802203321

Titolo

Defects and diffusion in carbon nanotubes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Zürich, Switzerland] : , : [Trans Tech Publications], , [2014]

©[2014]

ISBN

3-03826-602-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Defect and Diffusion Forum ; ; Volume 356

Disciplina

620.11299

Soggetti

Nanotubes

Carbon

Nanostructured materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Defects and Diffusion in Carbon Nanotubes; Table of Contents; Abstracts

Sommario/riassunto

Carbon nanotubes are one of the newest materials to be discovered, being barely 20 years old. They are also the most promising one, with one particular sample of multi-walled nanotube attaining a tensile strength of 63GPa, and with carbon nanotubes in general having a specific strength of up to 48000kNm/kg: effectively a direct exploitation of the covalent sp 2 bonding between carbon atoms. Plastic deformation begins at about 5% strain. The nanotubes can be produced in lengths of up to 550mm, and thicknesses as small as 4.3Å; making them perfect reinforcement fibres for composites. They also h