Controlling reversible elastic deformation of carbon nanotube rings

Liyong Chen; Hong Wang; Jun Xu; Xiaoshuang Shen; Lin Yao; Liangfang Zhu; Zhiyuan Zeng; Hua Zhang; Hongyu Chen

doi:10.1021/ja2022976

Controlling reversible elastic deformation of carbon nanotube rings

Liyong Chen
, Hong Wang
, Jun Xu
, Xiaoshuang Shen
, Lin Yao
, Liangfang Zhu
, Zhiyuan Zeng
, Hua Zhang
, Hongyu Chen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

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Abstract

We show that bundles of carbon nanotubes can be coiled into ring structures by controlling the contraction of their polymer shells. With the robust carbon nanotubes, we demonstrate their reversible transformation between circular and compressed rings in a colloid.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9654-9657
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	133
Issue number	25
Online published	31 May 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja2022976
Publication status	Published - 29 Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

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