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Compressibility and Polygonization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes under Hydrostatic Pressure
Jie Tang,Lu Chang Qin,Taizo Sasaki,Masako Yudasaka,Akiyuki Matsushita,Sumio Iijima,Sumio Iijima +6 more
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Theoretical calculations suggest that single-walled carbon nanotubes are polygonized when they form bundles of hexagonal close-packed structure and the intertubular gap is smaller than the equilibrium spacing of graphite.Abstract:
Single-walled carbon nanotubes show linear elasticity under hydrostatic pressure up to 1.5 GPa at room temperature. The volume compressibility, measured by in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction, has been determined to be $0.024\mathrm{GPa}{}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$. Theoretical calculations suggest that single-walled carbon nanotubes are polygonized when they form bundles of hexagonal close-packed structure and the intertubular gap is smaller than the equilibrium spacing of graphite (002) $(d\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}3.35\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\AA{})$. It has also been determined that the deformation of the trigonal nanotube lattice under hydrostatic pressure is reversible up to 4 GPa, beyond which the nanotube lattice is destroyed.read more
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