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Carbon Nanotube Peapods Under High-Strain Rate Conditions: A Molecular Dynamics Investigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2020

J. M. De Sousa ,
C. F. Woellner ,
L. D. Machado ,
P. A. S. Autreto  and
D. S. Galvao
J. M. De Sousa
Affiliation:
Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of Piaui - IFPI, São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí, 64770-000, PI, Brazil
C. F. Woellner*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Federal University of Parana – UFPR, Curitiba, 81531-980, PR, Brazil
L. D. Machado
Affiliation:
Physiscs Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte –UFRN, Natal, 59072-970, RN, Brazil
P. A. S. Autreto
Affiliation:
Center of Natural Human Science department, Federal University of ABC – UFABC, Santo Andre, 09210-580, SP, Brazil
D. S. Galvao
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Department, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, 13083-859, SP, Brazil Center for Computing in Engineering and Sciences, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, 13083-859, SP, Brazil
*
*(Email: crisfisico@gmail.com)
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Abstract

New forms of carbon-based materials have received great attention, and the developed materials have found many applications in nanotechnology. Interesting novel carbon structures include the carbon peapods, which are comprised of fullerenes encapsulated within carbon nanotubes. Peapod-like nanostructures have been successfully synthesized, and have been used in optical modulation devices, transistors, solar cells, and in other devices. However, the mechanical properties of these structures are not completely elucidated. In this work, we investigated, using fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, the deformation of carbon peapods under high-strain rate conditions, which are achieved by shooting the peapods at ultrasonic velocities against a rigid substrate. Our results show that carbon peapods experience large deformation at impact, and undergo multiple fracture pathways, depending primarily on the relative orientation between the peapod and the substrate, and the impact velocity. Observed outcomes include fullerene ejection, carbon nanotube fracture, fullerene, and nanotube coalescence, as well as the formation of amorphous carbon structures.

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elastic propertiesfracturenanostructure
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MRS Advances , Volume 5 , Issue 33-34: Mechanical Behavior and Structural Materials , 2020 , pp. 1723 - 1730
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