1.
Ozden, Sehmus; Autreto, Pedro AS; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar; Khatiwada, Suman; Machado, Leonardo; Galvao, Douglas S; Vajtai, Robert; Barrera, Enrique V; M. Ajayan, Pulickel
Unzipping Carbon Nanotubes at High Impact Journal Article
In: Nano letters, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 4131–4137, 2014.
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The way nanostructures behave and mechanically respond to high impact collision is a topic of intrigue. For anisotropic nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes, this response will be complicated based on the impact geometry. Here we report the result of hypervelocity impact of nanotubes against solid targets and show that impact produces a large number of defects in the nanotubes, as well as rapid atom evaporation, leading to their unzipping along the nanotube axis. Fully atomistic reactive molecular dynamics simulations are used to gain further insights of the pathways and deformation and fracture mechanisms of nanotubes under high energy mechanical impact. Carbon nanotubes have been unzipped into graphene nanoribbons before using chemical treatments but here the instability of nanotubes against defect formation, fracture, and unzipping is revealed purely through mechanical impact.
2.
Perim, E; Autreto, PAS; Paupitz, R; Galvao, DS
Dynamical aspects of the unzipping of multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes Journal Article
In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 15, no. 44, pp. 19147–19150, 2013.
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Boron nitride nanoribbons (BNNRs) exhibit very interesting magnetic properties, which could be very useful in the development of spintronic based devices. One possible route to obtain BNNRs is through the unzipping of boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs), which have been already experimentally realized. In this work, different aspects of the unzipping process of BNNTs were investigated through fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations using a classical reactive force field (ReaxFF). We investigated multiwalled BNNTs of different diameters and chiralities. Our results show that chirality plays a very important role in the unzipping process, as well as the interlayer coupling. These combined aspects significantly change the fracturing patterns and several other features of the unzipping processes in comparison to the ones observed for carbon nanotubes. Also, similar to carbon nanotubes, defective BNNTs can create regions of very high curvature which can act as a path to the unzipping process.
3.
Perim, Eric; Santos, Ricardo Paupitz; Autreto, Pedro Alves da Silva; Galvao, Douglas S
Fracture Patterns of Boron Nitride Nanotubes Proceedings
Cambridge University Press, vol. 1526, 2013.
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During the last years carbon-based nanostructures (such as, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene) have been object of intense investigations. The great interest in these nanostructures can be attributed to their remarkable electrical and mechanical properties. Their inorganic equivalent structures do exist and are based on boron nitride (BN) motifs. BN fullerenes, nanotubes and single layers have been already synthesized. Recently, the fracture patterns of single layer graphene and multi-walled carbon nanotubes under stress have been studied by theoretical and experimental methods. In this work we investigated the fracturing process of defective carbon and boron nitride nanotubes under similar stress conditions. We have carried out fully atomistic molecular reactive molecular dynamics simulations using the ReaxFF force field. The similarities and differences between carbon and boron nitride fracture patterns are addressed.
4.
dos Santos, Ricardo P; Autreto, Pedro A; Perim, Eric; Brunetto, Gustavo; Galvao, Douglas S
On the Unzipping Mechanisms of Carbon Nanotubes: Insights from Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations Proceedings
Cambridge University Press, vol. 1451, 2012.
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5.
Dos Santos, RPB; Perim, E; Autreto, PAS; Brunetto, Gustavo; Galvao, DS
On the unzipping of multiwalled carbon nanotubes Journal Article
In: Nanotechnology, vol. 23, no. 46, pp. 465702, 2012.
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2014
5.
Ozden, Sehmus; Autreto, Pedro AS; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar; Khatiwada, Suman; Machado, Leonardo; Galvao, Douglas S; Vajtai, Robert; Barrera, Enrique V; M. Ajayan, Pulickel
Unzipping Carbon Nanotubes at High Impact Journal Article
In: Nano letters, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 4131–4137, 2014.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Carbon Nanotubes, Fracture, Unzipping
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The way nanostructures behave and mechanically respond to high impact collision is a topic of intrigue. For anisotropic nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes, this response will be complicated based on the impact geometry. Here we report the result of hypervelocity impact of nanotubes against solid targets and show that impact produces a large number of defects in the nanotubes, as well as rapid atom evaporation, leading to their unzipping along the nanotube axis. Fully atomistic reactive molecular dynamics simulations are used to gain further insights of the pathways and deformation and fracture mechanisms of nanotubes under high energy mechanical impact. Carbon nanotubes have been unzipped into graphene nanoribbons before using chemical treatments but here the instability of nanotubes against defect formation, fracture, and unzipping is revealed purely through mechanical impact.
2013
4.
Perim, E; Autreto, PAS; Paupitz, R; Galvao, DS
Dynamical aspects of the unzipping of multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes Journal Article
In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 15, no. 44, pp. 19147–19150, 2013.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Boron Nitride, Mechanical Properties, Molecular Dynamics, Unzipping
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3.
Perim, Eric; Santos, Ricardo Paupitz; Autreto, Pedro Alves da Silva; Galvao, Douglas S
Fracture Patterns of Boron Nitride Nanotubes Proceedings
Cambridge University Press, vol. 1526, 2013.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Boron Nitride, Fracture, Mechanical Properties, Unzipping
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2012
2.
dos Santos, Ricardo P; Autreto, Pedro A; Perim, Eric; Brunetto, Gustavo; Galvao, Douglas S
On the Unzipping Mechanisms of Carbon Nanotubes: Insights from Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations Proceedings
Cambridge University Press, vol. 1451, 2012.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Carbon Nanotubes, Molecular Dynamics, Unzipping
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1.
Dos Santos, RPB; Perim, E; Autreto, PAS; Brunetto, Gustavo; Galvao, DS
On the unzipping of multiwalled carbon nanotubes Journal Article
In: Nanotechnology, vol. 23, no. 46, pp. 465702, 2012.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Carbon Nanotubes, Fracture, Molecular Dynamics, Unzipping
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