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Radiation stability of carbon nanostructures

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A theoretical study of the radiation stability of carbon nanostructures irradiated by an electron beam has been made. Calculations have been performed with the use of an analytical expression for the cross-section for scattering of relativistic electrons by carbon atoms, as well as of the data on the threshold energy of atomic displacement from the carbon lattice obtained by the molecular dynamics method. Stability limits of carbon nanostructures and basic parameters of the process have been found. The calculated values of the characteristic time of the process are in good agreement with the available experimental data.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 369–375, March–April, 2010.

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Gerasimov, G.Y. Radiation stability of carbon nanostructures. J Eng Phys Thermophy 83, 393–400 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-010-0356-9

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