Summary: Simulations of Vibrational
Frequencies of Carbon
Nanotubes
Polina Pine,
Yuval Yaish, Joan Adler
Introduction
· Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Nano Electro Mechanical Systems.
· Our tools are numerical simulations and analytical solutions.
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· Carbon nanotubes have unusual physical properties:
· High Young's Modulus ~ 1 TPa (T = 1012)
· Tensile Strength > 60GPa (Steel ~ 2 GPa)
· Conductivity ~ 109 A/V*m2
(Copper ~ 106 A/V*m2)
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SiC epilayer NEMS SWCNT NEMS
f0 ~ 133-190 MHz
m(device) ~ 10-17 ­ 10-14 gr
Q = 5000
m ~ zeptogram range (10-21 gr)

Source: Adler, Joan - Physics Department, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Collections: Physics