Mechanics of fullerene-carbon nanotube bundle oscillators
| dc.contributor.author | Thamwattana, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Baowan, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cox, B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hill, J. | |
| dc.contributor.conference | 3rd Canadian Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics (CanCNSM) (25 Jun 2008 - 29 Jun 2008 : Toronto, Canada) | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Carbon nanostructures, such as nanotubes and fullerenes, are of considerableinterest to a wide range of research communities. Owing to their unique properties, a numberof applications involving these structures have been proposed, one of which is the so-callednano-scaled oscillators, for which the resultant oscillatory frequencies are in the gigahertzrange. The phenomena of the gigahertz oscillations have also led to the possible creation offuture devices, such as ultra-fast optical filters and ultra-sensitive nano-antennae. In thispaper we present recent developments in this area and review the authors recent work,where we investigate the mechanics of a new type of gigahertz oscillator comprising afullerene C60 oscillating within the centre of a uniform concentric ring or bundle of carbonnanotubes. Using the Lennard-Jones potential and the continuum approach, for which carbonatoms are assumed to be uniformly distributed across the surface of a molecule, we providethe underlying mechanisms of these nano-scaled oscillators. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Ngamta Thamwattana, Duangkamon Baowan, Barry J. Cox and James M. Hill | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Proceedings of the 3rd Canadian Conference on Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, 2008, pp.9-18 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | Cox, B. [0000-0002-0662-7037] | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/85116 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Copyright status unknown | |
| dc.subject | Carbon nanotubes, Fullerenes, Carbon nanotube bundles, Gigahertz oscillators, Lennard-Jones potential | |
| dc.title | Mechanics of fullerene-carbon nanotube bundle oscillators | |
| dc.type | Conference paper | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published |