... specific power (W/g) for encapsulated phase change materials (EPCM) as a result of modified interface morphology. Carbon nanotubes are strongly attached to the interior walls of the graphitic foam encapsulation. Microstructure analysis using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicates that the wax...

... this study. References [1] Supple , S. , and Quirke , N. , 2003 , “ Rapid Imbibition of Fluids in Carbon Nanotubes ,” Phys. Rev. Lett. , 90 ( 21 ), p. 214501 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.214501 [2] Ito , T. , Sun , L. , Henriquez , R. R. , and Crooks , R. M. , 2004...

... dioxythiophene) poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), doped with ethylene glycol (EG) and single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), is heavily doped and therefore used as conductive transparent electrode rather than electron blocking layer. Likewise, we have deposited a layer of PEDOT:PSS/SWCNTs by spin coating...

...F. Sadeghi; R. Ansari On the basis of the continuum approximation along with Lennard–Jones potential function, new semi-analytical expressions are presented to evaluate the van der Waals interactions between an ellipsoidal fullerene and a semi-infinite single-walled carbon nanotube. Using direct...

... nanotubes ellipsoidal fullerenes continuum approximation oscillation frequency Nanotechnology has been recognized as one of the most promising technologies to have been discovered so far. Owing to the unparalleled mechanical and electronic properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), discovered...

...Unnati A. Joshi; Satish C. Sharma; S. P. Harsha In this paper, the effective strength and elastic properties of carbon nanotube reinforced composites are evaluated using a representative volume element with a number of carbon nanotubes embedded in the matrix. This concept is used to predict...

...Zhi-Bin Shen; Bin Deng; Xian-Fang Li; Guo-Jin Tang The potential of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) as a micromass sensor is explored. A nonlocal Timoshenko beam carrying a micromass at the free end of the inner tube is used to analyze the vibration of DWCNT-based mass sensor. The length...

...F. Alisafaei; R. Ansari; H. Rouhi Using the Lennard–Jones potential, continuum modeling of the van der Waals potential energy and interaction force distributions are investigated for the eccentric and concentric single-walled carbon nanocones inside the single-walled carbon nanotubes. Furthermore...

...Demetris Pentaras; Isaac Elishakoff The vibration behavior of double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) is investigated based on Donnell shell theory with van der Waals interaction taken into consideration. In addition, new results are obtained for the natural frequencies of a DWCNT based...

...Behrouz Arash; Quan Wang; Vijay K. Varadan The potential of single-walled carbon nanotubes as nanosensors in detection of noble gases via a vibration analysis is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. An index based on frequency shifts of the nanotubes in an environment of noble gas...

...I. Elishakoff; C. Versaci; N. Maugeri; G. Muscolino In this study, we investigate the vibrations of the cantilever single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) with attached bacterium on the tip in view of developing the sensor. This sensor will be able to help to identify the bacterium or virus that may...

...I. Elishakoff; C. Versaci; G. Muscolino In this study, the effective stiffness of the double-walled carbon nanotube sensor is determined by both the Bubnov–Galerkin method and the finite difference technique. It is shown that in addition to the familiar expression of the effective stiffness...

...Unnati A. Joshi; Satish C. Sharma; S. P. Harsha Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been regarded as an ideal reinforcements of high-performance composites with enormous applications. In this paper, the effects of pinhole defect are investigated for carbon nanotube based nanocomposites using a 3D...

... in different industrial applications. Multiwall carbon nanotubes and Ni 0.6 Zn 0.4 Fe 2 O 4 (NiZn ferrite) were individually dispersed into the polymeric solutions of PVP and PAN and were then electrospun at various conditions. Thin layers of films were placed between two parallel Al electrode plates...

... enzyme loading and sustained activity. Carbon nanotube base electrodes, with high surface area for direct electron transfer, and enzyme clusters can achieve efficient enzymatic redox reaction. A redox pair of such bioelectrodes can make up a power source with improved performance. In this study, we have...

...Tyler Anderson; Evgeniya Akatyeva; Ilia Nikiforov; David Potyondy; Roberto Ballarini; Traian Dumitrică We propose distinct element method modeling of carbon nanotube systems. The atomic-level description of an individual nanotube is coarse-grained into a chain of spherical elements that interact...

...Anand Y. Joshi; Satish C. Sharma; S. P. Harsha Fracture mechanics at the nanoscale level is a very complex phenomenon, whereas the macroscale fracture mechanics approach can be employed for nanoscale to simulate the effect of fracture in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). In this study...

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...Anand Y. Joshi; Satish C. Sharma; S. P. Harsha This paper deals with the dynamic analysis of carbon nanotube with surface deviation along its axis. The type of carbon nanotube used in this analysis is a single-walled carbon nanotube that is doubly clamped at a source and a drain and this type...

...Unnati A. Joshi; Preeti Joshi; S. P. Harsha; Satish C. Sharma Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess extremely high stiffness, strength, and resilience, and may provide ultimate reinforcing materials for the development of nanocomposites. In this paper, the effective material properties of CNT-based...