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Exceptionally high Young's modulus observed for individual carbon nanotubes

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In this article, the amplitude of the intrinsic thermal vibrations of isolated carbon nanotubes was measured in the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and it was shown that they have exceptionally high Young's moduli, in the terapascal (TPa) range.
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CARBON nanotubes are predicted to have interesting mechanical properties—in particular, high stiffness and axial strength—as a result of their seamless cylindrical graphitic structure1–5. Their mechanical properties have so far eluded direct measurement, however, because of the very small dimensions of nanotubes. Here we estimate the Young's modulus of isolated nanotubes by measuring, in the transmission electron microscope, the amplitude of their intrinsic thermal vibrations. We find that carbon nanotubes have exceptionally high Young's moduli, in the terapascal (TPa) range. Their high stiffness, coupled with their low density, implies that nanotubes might be useful as nanoscale fibres in strong, lightweight composite materials.

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Advanced Engineering Mathematics

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Large-scale synthesis of carbon nanotubes

Thomas W. Ebbesen, +1 more
- 01 Jul 1992 - 
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Energetics of Nanoscale Graphitic Tubules

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Growth, Structure, and Properties of Graphite Whiskers

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