Quasi-reversible energy flows in carbon-nanotube oscillators
Author
Zhao, Yang
Ma, Chi Chiu
Wong, Lai-Ho
Chen, Guan Hua
Xu, Zhiping
Zheng, Quan Shui
Jiang, Qing
Chwang, Allen T.
Date of Issue
2006School
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Abstract
Quasi-reversible energy flows between orderly intertube axial motion and vibrational modes are studied for isolated systems of two coaxial carbon nanotubes at temperatures ranging from 300 K to 500 K. It is found that the excess intertube van der Waals energy, depleted from the intertube axial motion, is primarily stored in low-frequency mechanical modes of the oscillator for an extended period of time.
Subject
DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
Type
Journal Article
Series/Journal Title
Journal of computational and theoretical nanoscience
Rights
© 2006 American Scientific Publishers.
Collections
http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jctn.2006.027
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