Mechanical Behaviors of Carbon Nanotubes

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “f” and “t” refer to figures and tables, respectively.

A

Antibonding molecular orbitals, 56, 66

Apex angle, 371–372, 377

on mechanical behaviors of carbon nanocones (CNCs), 436–438

Arc-discharge evaporation method, 1, 2, 2

Armchair CNTs, 4, 122, 235

critical diameters versus tube lengths for, 240f

fundamental frequencies of, 240f

Armchair nanorings, 412–413, 414f, 417f

Armchair single-walled carbon nanotubes, 4f, 49, 56–57, 60, 71, 74, 79t, 216

bifurcation strain for, 216f

critical diameters versus tube lengths for, 240f

Atomic finite element method, 249–250

coupling with atomistic-continuum method, 251–254

bridging domain method, 252

bridging scale method, 252–254

quasicontinuum method, 251–252