Effects of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on shear performance of laminated nanocomposite bonded joints.

The main objective is to improve the most commonly addressed weakness of the laminated composites (i.e. delamination due to poor interlaminar strength) using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as reinforcement between the laminae and in the transverse direction.

Toward wafer-scale patterning of freestanding intermetallic nanowires.

Individual metal alloy nanowires of constant diameter and high aspect ratio have previously been self-assembled at selected locations on atomic force microscope (AFM) probes by the method reported in Yazdanpanah et al (2005 J. Appl. Phys.

Chirality dependence of carbon single-walled nanotube material properties: axial coefficient of thermal expansion.

Carbon nanotubes are one of the best candidates for applications where structural, thermal, and chemical stabilities are of great importance. Despite the fact that significant efforts have been devoted to study properties and behavior of the carbon nanotubes in recent years, there have not been sufficient results available on their thermoelastic properties. This paper investigates the chirality dependence of coefficient of thermal expansion of carbon single-walled nanotubes both analytically and numerically.

Chirality dependence of carbon single-walled nanotube material properties: axial Young's modulus.

The potential use of individual carbon nanotubes as nano devices warrants detailed investigation of their mechanical behavior based on structural and geometrical configurations. The objective of this paper is to unravel the structural and chirality dependence of the axial Young's modulus of a carbon single-walled nanotube by analytical and numerical approaches. In this work, we employ the general homogenization composite shell model developed based on the asymptotic homogenization technique for analytical modeling of single-walled nanotubes.