DOI: 10.1126/science.1124594. Carbon Nanotubes as High-Pressure Cylinders and Nanoextruders

Carbon Nanotubes as High-Pressure Cylinders and Nanoextruders

10.1126/science.1124594

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Abstract

Closed-shell carbon nanostructures, such as carbon onions, have been shown to act as self-contracting high-pressure cells under electron irradiation. We report that controlled irradiation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes can cause large pressure buildup within the nanotube cores that can plastically deform, extrude, and break solid materials that are encapsulated inside the core. We further showed by atomistic simulations that the internal pressure inside nanotubes can reach values higher than 40 gigapascals. Nanotubes can thus be used as robust nanoscale jigs for extruding and deforming hard nanomaterials and for modifying their properties, as well as templates for the study of individual nanometer-sized crystals under high pressure.

Bibliography

Sun, L., Banhart, F., Krasheninnikov, A. V., RodriÌguez-Manzo, J. A., Terrones, M., & Ajayan, P. M. (2006). Carbon Nanotubes as High-Pressure Cylinders and Nanoextruders. Science, 312(5777), 1199â1202.

Authors 6

L. Sun (first)
F. Banhart (additional)
A. V. Krasheninnikov (additional)
J. A. Rodríguez-Manzo (additional)
M. Terrones (additional)
P. M. Ajayan (additional)

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Support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grant BA 1884/4-1) is gratefully acknowledged. P.M.A. acknowledges support from NSF DMR grant on Inter-American Collaboration between the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica. We also thank the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)–Mexico for scholarship (J.A.R.M.) and the following grants: 45772 (M.T.) 41464-Inter-American Collaboration (M.T. P.M.A.) 2004-01-013-SALUD-CONACYT (M.T.) and PUE-2004-CO2-9 Fondo Mixto de Puebla (M.T.). The authors thank the four reviewers of this paper for particularly useful comments.

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Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 2024, 11:07 p.m.)
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Issued	19 years, 3 months ago (May 26, 2006)
Published	19 years, 3 months ago (May 26, 2006)
Published Print	19 years, 3 months ago (May 26, 2006)

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