Energy exchanges in carbon nanotube oscillators

• Main Authors: Zhao, Yang, Ma, Chi Chiu, Wong, Lai Ho, Chen, Guan Hua, Xu, Zhiping, Zheng, Quan Shui, Jiang, Qing, Chwang, Allen T.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93826; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6779
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Energy exchanges between orderly intertube axial motion and vibrational modes are studied for isolated systems of two coaxial carbon nanotubes at temperatures ranging from 300 to 500 K. It is found that the excess intertube...