Simulation of rotary motion generated by head-to-head carbon nanotube shuttles

Mustapha Hamdi; Arunkumar Subramanian; Lixin Dong; Antoine Ferreira; Bradley J. Nelson

doi:10.1109/TMECH.2011.2165078

Simulation of rotary motion generated by head-to-head carbon nanotube shuttles

Mustapha Hamdi
, Arunkumar Subramanian
, Lixin Dong
, Antoine Ferreira
, Bradley J. Nelson

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Abstract

A novel rotary nanomotor is described using two axially aligned, opposing chirality nanotube shuttles. Based on intershell screw-like motion of nanotubes, rotary motion is generated by electrostatically pulling the two cores together. Simulations using molecular dynamics show the generation of rotation from armchair nanotube pairs and their actuation properties. The simulation results point toward the use of these motors as building blocks in nanoelectromechanical systems and nanorobotic systems for sensing, actuation, and computation applications.

Original language	English
Article number	6017125
Pages (from-to)	130-137
Journal	IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Volume	18
Issue number	1
Online published	12 Sept 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2011.2165078
Publication status	Published - Feb 2013
Externally published	Yes

Research Keywords

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation
nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
nanorobotic system
nanotube
rotary nanomotor

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