Study of Carbon Nanotubes Under High Pressure

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The elastic behavior and structural changes of single-walled carbon nanotubes under hydrostatic pressure produced by a gasketed diamond anvil cell has been studied using in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction. The compaction of the raft-like bundles of single-walled carbon nanotube showed a linear behavior up to 1.5 GPa pressure and the volume compressibility deduced from the experimental data is 0.024 GPa−1. The elastic deformation is attributed to the combination of a reduction in the inter-tubular distance and the polygonization of the otherwise circular nanotube sections.

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  1. National Research Institute for Metals, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, 305-0047, Japan

    J. Tang & A. Matsushita

  2. JST-ICORP Nanotubulite Project c/o NEC Corporation, 34 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, 305-8501, Japan

    L. C. Qin, M. Yudasaka & S. Iijima

  3. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Institute of Materials Structure Science, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, 305-0801, Japan

    T. Kikegawa

  4. JST-ICORP Nanotubulite Project c/o Department of Physics, Meijo University, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, 468-8502, Japan

    S. Bandow & S. Iijima

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Tang, J., Qin, L.C., Matsushita, A. et al. Study of Carbon Nanotubes Under High Pressure. MRS Online Proceedings Library 593, 179–184 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-593-179

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