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Defects in Nanostructures

Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics

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Carbon; Defects; Finite element modelling; Mechanical properties

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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their derivatives are allotropes of carbon that display outstanding physical properties including excellent thermal and mechanical properties, chemical inertness, and tuneable opto-electronic properties. Owing to these properties, CNTs are considered as an important research subject for scientists. Many investigations have been conducted to explore the properties of carbon nanostructures. The possible introduced defects applied to the structure of the CNTs include carbon vacancies, substitute dopant (e.g., silicon, boron, nitrogen), Stone-Wales pair defects, and so on. Structural are known to greatly affect the mechanical properties of CNTs and CNT-derived materials by reducing mechanical strength and structural stability of these structures. This chapter discusses the most recent studies concerning the mechanical properties of CNTs and CNT derivatives which are defect-free...

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  1. Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Southport, QLD, Australia

    Sadegh Imani Yengejeh & Maksym Rybachuk

  2. Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia

    Sadegh Imani Yengejeh & Maksym Rybachuk

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Birjand, Birjand, QLD, Iran

    Seyedeh Alieh Kazemi

  4. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany

    Andreas Öchsner

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Imani Yengejeh, S., Rybachuk, M., Kazemi, S.A., Öchsner, A. (2018). Defects in Nanostructures. In: Altenbach, H., Öchsner, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53605-6_277-1

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