A tribological study of double-walled and triple-walled carbon nanotube oscillators

• Main Authors: Ma, Chi Chiu, Zhao, Yang, Yam, Chi Yung, Chen, Guan Hua, Jiang, Qing
• 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/10356/93834; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6778
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We reported in a previous study that energy transfer from the orderly intertube translational oscillation to intratube vibrational modes for an isolated system of two coaxial carbon nanotubes at low temperatures takes place primarily via two distinct types of collective motion of the...