Citation
Sa. Chesnokov et al., Mechanical energy storage in carbon nanotube springs, PHYS REV L, 82(2), 1999, pp. 343-346
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007
→ ACNP
Volume
82
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
343 - 346
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(19990111)82:2<343:MESICN>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Compression of purified, unoriented, highly crystalline single-wall carbon
nanotube material reveals an exceptionally large and reversible volume redu
ction. Density increases rapidly with increasing pressure, approaching that
of graphite, and recovers completely upon pressure release. The reversible
work done in compressing to 29 kbar is 0.18 eV/C atom. We attribute this e
ffect to crushing, or flattening the tube cross section from circular to el
liptical.