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COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 486-492Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2007.05.006
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armchair nanotube; rearrangement; tension; response mechanism; circumferential pressure; DFT
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The response of single-walled armchair carbon nanotubes (SWACNTs) to axial tension was studied using density functional calculations. A new response causing an abrupt change in nanotube structure at specific strains was detected. Atom rearrangement results in a lower energy than expected. The geometry of armchair nanotube plays an important role in the observed response, with the effect of curvature being important. There is a meaningful relationship between rearrangement strain and nanotube diameter. Rearrangement can be explained using the Poisson effect, which increases with the lateral displacement and is inversely proportional to nanotube index number. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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