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We have investigated the melting behavior of ultra-thin copper nanowires using classical molecular dynamics simulations. The caloric curves of cylindrical multi-shell copper nanowires showed an insight into the specific phase transition.…
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A simplified theory of the telescopic oscillations in multiwalled carbon nanotubes is developed. The explicit expressions for the telescopic force constants (longitudinal rigidity) and the frequencies of telescopic oscillations are derived.…
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