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![Figure 5. Long and short diameters of a (10,10) SWNT as a function of applied hydrostatic pressure. The shape of the cross section at some selected pressures is plotted at the bottom of the figure. Reprinted from Reference [38].](thumbnails/s18.jpg) |
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| Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) images of deformation processes for Multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs) initiated by applying compressive force in the sample direction |
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| Axially buckled Single-Walled Nanotube (SWNT) pattern deduced from molecular dynamics simulations |
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| Figure 5. Long and short diameters of a (10,10) SWNT as a function of applied hydrostatic pressure. The shape of the cross section at some selected pressures is plotted at the bottom of the figure. Reprinted from Reference [38]. |
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| Nonlinear equibrium of hydrostatically compressed Multi-Walled NanoTubes (MWNT) |
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| Bending of Single-Walled NanoTube (SWNT) with kink formation |
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| Bending of a Single-Walled NanoTube (SWNT): Deformation energy U as a function of the bending angle THETA |
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| Bending of a Multi-Walled NanoTube (MWNT): Under high bending MWNTs form kinks on the internal (compression) side of the bend. |
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| Rippling of Multi-Walled NanoTube under bending |
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| Single-Walled nanotube under positive and negative torque |
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| Critical torque buckling strain of Single-Walled NanoTubes (SWNT) as a function of the chiral angle |
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| Strain-energy-bending-angle curve for bending of a single-walled nanotube (SWNT) |
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| Kinking (buckling) versus bending angle of SWNT |
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| Spherical indenter applying axial compression to an array of multiwalled carbon nanotubes |
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| The spherical indenter has impinged on a circular region of the array of multiwalled nanotubes |
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| A close-up view of some of the buckled nanotubes |
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