Elastic strain of freely suspended single-wall carbon nanotube ropes

D. A. Walters; L. M. Ericson; M. J. Casavant; J. Liu; D. T. Colbert; K. A. Smith; R. E. Smalley

doi:10.1063/1.124185

Elastic strain of freely suspended single-wall carbon nanotube ropes

D. A. Walters^*
, L. M. Ericson
, M. J. Casavant
, J. Liu
, D. T. Colbert
, K. A. Smith
, R. E. Smalley

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We have induced large elastic strains in ropes of single-wall carbon nanotubes, using an atomic force microscope in lateral force mode. Freely suspended ropes were observed to deform as elastic strings with tension proportional to elongation. Ropes were elastically deformed over >10 cycles without showing signs of plastic deformation. The maximum strain observed, 5.8±0.9%, gives a lower bound of 45±7 GPa for the tensile strength (specifically, yield stress) of single-wall nanotube ropes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3803-3805
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	74
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.124185
State	Published - 21 Jun 1999
Externally published	Yes

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