Mechanical properties of methyl functionalized single-walled carbon nanotube

• Main Author: Goh, Ivan Peck Chen.
• Other Authors: Dong Zhili
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Mechanical strength of materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44076
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Molecular dynamics simulations have been conducted to investigate the effect of methyl (CH3) functionalization on the mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT). Small numbers of CH3 radicals were chemically absorbed on SWCNT in two ways: axially and circumferentially. I...