SHAPE TRANSFORMATIONS IN SINGLE-LAYER CARBON NANOTUBES

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AJAYAN, PM [1 ]
COLLIEX, C [1 ]
BERNIER, P [1 ]
LAMBERT, JM [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MONTPELLIER SCI & TECHN LANGUEDOC 2,GDPC,CNRS,URA 233,F-34095 MONTPELLIER,FRANCE
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MICROSCOPY MICROANALYSIS MICROSTRUCTURES | 1993年 / 4卷 / 06期
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10.1051/mmm:0199300406050100
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TH742 [显微镜];
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We show that strong electron irradiation of single-layer carbon nanotubes introduces distinct changes in the preferred morphology (shape) of tubes, from perfect cylindrical to a necklace of ridges which result from local deformations of the tube surfaces with the curvature on the order of the tube radii. The shape transformations in these free-standing closed two dimensional surfaces seems to resemble closely the deformations observed in systems such as lipid bilayers and biological membranes.
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