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Nanotubes reveal their true strength

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The mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes have not matched theoretical predictions in the past. New measurements have now confirmed that nanotubes are indeed as strong as theory suggests.

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Figure 1: Schematic stress–strain curves for a brittle material (left) and a plastic material (right) showing how the elastic modulus and other mechanical properties of a material can be determined.

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  1. Eric Stach is in the School of Materials Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. eastach@ecn.purdue.edu,

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Stach, E. Nanotubes reveal their true strength. Nature Nanotech 3, 586–587 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.293

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