Quasi-reversible energy flows in carbon-nanotube oscillators

• Main Authors: Chwang, Allen T., Zhao, Yang, Ma, Chi Chiu, Wong, Lai-Ho, Chen, Guan Hua, Xu, Zhiping, Zheng, Quan Shui, Jiang, Qing
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100058; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8713
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Quasi-reversible energy flows between orderly intertube axial motion and vibrational modes are studied for isolated systems of two coaxial carbon nanotubes at temperatures ranging from 300 K to 500 K. It is found that the excess intertube van der Waals energy, depleted from the intertube axial motio...