Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) promise to advance a number of real-world technologies. Of
these applications, they are particularly attractive for uses in chemical sensors for …

Recently, the mechanical behavior of micro-/nano-structures has sparked an ongoing
debate, which leads to a fundamental question: what steps can be taken to investigate the …

Since their first observation nearly a decade ago by Iijima (Iijima S. Helical microtubules of
graphitic carbon Nature. 1991; 354: 56–8), carbon nanotubes have been the focus of …

We report an extensive study of the properties of carbyne using first-principles calculations.
We investigate carbyne's mechanical response to tension, bending, and torsion …

This paper provides an overview of recent advances in nanocomposites research. The key
research opportunities and challenges in the development of structural and functional …

Recently, polymer nanocomposites reinforced with lower volume fraction of nanoceramics
and carbon nanotubes have attracted steadily growing interest due to their peculiar and …

This paper presents a structural mechanics approach to modeling the deformation of carbon
nanotubes. Fundamental to the proposed concept is the notion that a carbon nanotube is a …

Recent research studies on the application of the nonlocal continuum theory in modeling of
carbon nanotubes and graphene sheets are reviewed, and substantial nonlocal continuum …

We have conducted pulling and bending tests on individual carbon nanotubes in-situ in a
transition electron microscope. Based on our observation of the force required to break the …

The curling of a graphitic sheet to form carbon nanotubes produces a class of materials that
seem to have extraordinary electrical and mechanical properties. In particular, the high …