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A theory of linearly elastic orthotropic shells is presented, with potential application to the continuous modeling of Carbon NanoTubes. Two relevant features are: the selected type of orthotropic response, which should be suitable to…
This work represents the first electro-thermal study of metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) for interconnect applications. Experimental data and careful modeling reveal that self-heating is of significance in short (1 < L < 10 um)…
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with Adaptive Intermolecular Reactive Empirical Bond Order (AIREBO) force fields were conducted to determine the transversely isotropic elastic properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) containing vacancies.…
Three-terminal devices with conduction channels formed by quasi-metallic carbon nanotubes (CNT) are shown to operate as nanotube-based field-effect transistors under strong magnetic fields. The off-state conductance of the devices varies…
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) hold enormous technological promise. It can only be harnessed if one controls in a practical way the CNT chirality, the feature of the tubular carbon topology that governs all the CNT properties---electronic, optical,…
We perform first-principles calculations to investigate the structural and electronic properties of metal-doped (10, 0) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on a single hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) sheet in the presence of an external electric field.…
We present a scaling analysis of electronic and transport properties of metal-semiconducting carbon nanotube interfaces as a function of the nanotube length within the coherent transport regime, which takes fully into account atomic-scale…
We report that entirely end-bonded multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) can show superconductivity with the transition temperature Tc as high as 12K that is approximately 40-times larger than those reported in ropes of single-walled…
We report evidence for high temperature superconductivity in three dimensional networks of boron doped, ultrathin carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown inside the ~5 Angstrom channels of ZSM-5 zeolite. Confinement stabilizes (2,1) CNTs that are…
The susceptibility to delamination is one of the main concerns in fiber reinforced polymer composites (FRPs). This work demonstrates improvements of 60% in Mode-I fracture toughness after integration of thin (~30 micron), continuous veils…
The electrolysis of CO$_2$ in molten carbonate has been introduced as an alternative mechanism to synthesize carbon nanomaterials inexpensively at high yield. Until recently, CO$_2$ was thought to be unreactive, making its removal a…
High strain rate experiments performed on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and polycarbonate composites (MWCNT-PC) have exhibited enhanced impact resistance under a dynamic strain rate of nearly 2500/s with composition of only 0.5 to 2.0…
Electrical transport through single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is investigated by using the nearest-neighbor tight-binding model coupled with two electron reservoirs. When the SWNT-electrode coupling is not axially symmetric,…
Point defects, including atom vacancy, add atom and Stone-Wale defect, close to a (5, 5) single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) end were studied by DFT, semi-empirical PM3 method and empirical Brenner Potential. It is found that closer to the…
Carbon Nanotube (CNT) is one of the most significant materials for the development of faster and improved performance of nano-scaled transistors. This paper aims at analyzing a trade-off between device performance and device size of CNT…
Herein, we report on the use of vertically aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) films as support for ZnO/ZnS photocatalytic active nanostructures. The CNTs were synthetized via a hot-filament chemical vapor deposition (HfCVD), using Fe…
The unique topology and exceptional properties of carbon nanoscrolls (CNSs) have inspired unconventional nano-device concepts, yet the fabrication of CNSs remains rather challenging. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate the…
The electrical conductivity of the polyimide R-BAPB polymer filled with single-wall carbon nanotubes (CNT) with chirality (5,5) is modeled using a multi-scale approach. The modeling starts with molecular dynamics simulations of…
The universal features of quantized thermal conductance of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are revealed through theoretical analysis based on the Landauer theory of heat transport. The phonon-derived thermal conductance of semiconducting CNTs…
The paper aims at the development of a digital twin modelling the electrical conductivity of multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/polymer nanocomposite. A comparative analysis is conducted for various formulations of boundary conditions in…