Interlayer Sliding Force of Individual Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes

• Akita Seiji

  Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University

• Nakayama Yoshikazu

  Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University

Abstract

We have successfully measured the sliding force for an interlayer of individual multiwall carbon nanotubes using a combination of a well-controlled electrical breakdown process and a manipulation process using a scanning electron microscope. A sliding force of ∼4 nN for an inner layer diameter of 5 nm is maintained constant during a sliding process. This result agrees well not only with the theoretical calculation based on the van der Waals interaction of the interlayer but also with the molecular mechanics calculations for double-walled nanotubes using an empirical potential. These agreements also indicate that the layered structure exhibits ideal characteristics even after the electrical breakdown process.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

  Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 42 (7B), 4830-4833, 2003

  The Japan Society of Applied Physics

Keywords

• carbon nanotube
• scanning probe microscopy
• nanomanipulation
• nanomechanics
• molecular mech

Details

• CRID: 1390001206254498944
• NII Article ID: 10011446972
• NII Article ID: 80016089190
• NII Article ID: 130004531156
• NII Article ID: 210000053917
• NII Book ID: AA10457675
• DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.4830
• ISSN: 13474065
• ISSN: 00214922
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/13474065
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/00214922
• NDL BIB ID: 6630160
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/6630160
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I6630160
• Web Site: http://stacks.iop.org/1347-4065/42/i=7S/a=4830/pdf
• Text Lang: en
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