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Structure and mechanicalproperties of Carbon nanotubes
J. Gil Sevillano
TECNUN2003
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Many people considers C nanotubes
(discovered in 1991) as the fiber and cable
material of the future:
Very high stiffness
Very high strength
High aspect ratio
Low density
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Recent press quotation
Not (only) Science Fiction: An Elevator to Space!
With advances toward ultrastrong fibers, the concept of building an
elevator 60,000 miles high to carry cargo into space is moving from the
realm of science fiction to the fringes of reality (?)
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"Technically it's feasible," said Robert Cassanova, director
of the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts. "There'snothing wrong with the physics."
The key to the concept's feasibility lies in the material that
will be used to construct the ribbon between the Earth and
outer space:
NANOTUBES
Nanotubes are essentially sheets of graphite -- a lattice of carbon --
seamlessly rolled into long tubes that are mere
nanometers in diameter. These are 100 times as strong as steel,
but much lighter.
NIAC has given more than 500,000 to Seattle-based
HighLift Systems to develop the concept
under the leadershipof the company's chief technology officer, Bradley Edwards.
Not science-fiction at all!
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Carbon nanotubes
Elastic modulus and strength of C multi-walled C
nanotubes (MWCNT) measured by direct tension in a
TEM (Demczyk et al., 2002):
E (TPa) f (GPa) fF (N) Tube diameter (nm)
0.91 ( 0.18) 150 ( 45) 18 12.5
Other experimental values in the literature range from 0.1 to1.8 TPa and 10 to 150 GPa for, respectively the CNT Young
modulus and strength.
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Theoretical estimations for graphene sheets Young modulus and
fracture strength are, respectively, 1.03 TPa and 140 to 177 GPa
(Demczyk et al., 2002). A thickness of 0.34 nm of the sheet has been
assumed for calculating the stress.
First-principles calculations for SWCNT (single-walled C nanotubes,
Zhou et al., 2001) yield E = 0.76 TPa and = 6.25 GPa.
Molecular dynamics have yielded 3.62 TPa and 9.6 GPa for the same
properties (Yao et al., 2001).
More recent results of MD yield 1.24 to 1.35 TPa for the Young
modulus (Jin and Yuan, 2003) for SWCNT or 1.05 TPa (Li and Chou,2003) for MWCNT.
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Bundles of CNT
Oriented CNT bundles can be considered Van der Waals solids,
with very weak transverse properties, highly anisotropic.
Up to now, most realizations of CNT cables yield very
modest results: Vigolo et al. (2000) have measured 9 to
15 GPa for the apparent Young modulus and about 150
MPa for the apparent tensile strength of bundles oforiented 1.4 nm diameter SWCNT (fibres up to 100 m
diameter, 1.3 to 1.5 g/cm3 density).
However, Baughman (2000) has quoteda tensile stregth
of 36 GPa with a 6% elongation for small diameter CNT
bundles.
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What are CNT?
Tubules of closed graphene sheets
[A very good recent review: Ruoff et al., C. R. Physique, in press, 2003]
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3-D surfaces based on graphene sheets
may be imagined and some of them,
CNT among others, are possible
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Graphene is in-plane anisotropic
The orientation on the sheet planeis defined by the chiral vector
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Chiral vector
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SWCNT of different chiral vector
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MWCNT
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Atomic resolution
STM image of
nanotubes
Nanotube
ends
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CTN are fabricated by different
methods
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Direct-current electric arc discharge method
Laser ablation method
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Laser ablation method
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NT towers or carpets grown by cathalisis
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Mechanical testing of SWCNT: direct tensile testing
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Elastic modulus measured by vibration
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TENSILE TESTS
WARNING: stress calculated assuming an
equivalent thickness of 0.34 nm for each layer ofloaded CNT!
SWCNT (Yu et al., 2000a)
E (mean): 1002 GPa
MWCNT (Yu et al., 2000b)
E: 270 to 950 MPa
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An example of calculation of elastic constants of CNT
[with an engineer-mind method]
(Li and Chou, 2003)
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SWCNT as a frame structure
Covalent bonds are
treated as connecting
beam elements between C
atoms, resisting stretching,
bending and torsion.
Bean dimensions and force
constants are fitted to the
molecular force field
constants (linear behaviourassumed)
Analysis of tensile deformation
Id. of shear
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Interlayer forces in MWCNT
Non-directional Van der Waalsforces are simulated with a
Lennard-Jones potential
transmitted by rods connected
by rotatable end joints (onlytensile or compressive forces
are transmited)
(Strongly non-linear response)
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Another calculation:
2
3
SWCNT (Natsuki et al. 2003)
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As mentioned at the beginning, not only rigidity
but CNT strength is exceptional as well!
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An optimistic view?
The strength depends on orientation
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Mechanical behaviour is a function of
chiral vector of SWCNT
Stone-Wales defect formation leads to
(soft) plastic behaviour or to brittle
fracture depending on chirality
Sometimesthe results
reported are
rather poor
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Other questions to be considered for the
design of and with CNT
E.g.: flattening, buckling
Fl tt i f V d l f
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Flattening from Van der waals forces
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TEM
FEM calculation
Buckling on bending, Pantano et al., 2004
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Torsional buckling
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The importance, due to the high expected strength,
the known high stiffnessin tensile load, and the load
density, of CNT materials means that theirmechanical properties deserve and will surely
receive scrutiny for decades to come
(R. S. Ruoff, D. Quiang and W. K. Liu, 2003)
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