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The nanoactuator based on a carbon nanotube

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A concept is proposed for a nanoactuator that is based on a carbon nanotube and is intended for transforming the forward force aligned with the nanotube axis into the relative rotation of the walls. Possible schemes of the nanoactuator are considered, and the numerical calculations demonstrating the principle of its operation are performed. Possible methods for driving the nanoactuator are discussed.

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  2. Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow oblast, 142190, Russia

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Original Russian Text © S.S. Kuznetsov, Yu.E. Lozovik, A.M. Popov, 2007, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2007, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 951–958.

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Kuznetsov, S.S., Lozovik, Y.E. & Popov, A.M. The nanoactuator based on a carbon nanotube. Phys. Solid State 49, 1004–1012 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783407050320

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