Deformation of metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes in electric field based on elastic theory

The electromechanical properties of metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in the electric field are demonstrated with a column shell model in this paper.A hemisphere model is introduced to determine the charge distribution and the local electric field in SWCNTs.By treating the SWCNT as an elastic column shell,the analytical solutions of the charged SWCNT’s axial strain and the radial strain are obtained.SWCNTs with a larger aspect ratio show greater deformation.The greatest radial deformation appears at the end of the tube.The significant axial strain can be induced in CNTs with a large length (around 100 nm) even though the applied electric field is not strong enough.When SWCNTs are fixed at both ends,the radius of SWCNTs becomes small along the axial position.     

基于金属型碳纳米管在电场中变形的柱壳理论

提出了关于金属型碳纳米管在电场中变形的柱壳理论．借助于半球模型,得到了金属型碳纳米管在电场中的电荷与电场分布的解析解．将带电碳原子所受的电场力看作是碳纳米管的内力,根据柱壳理论碳纳米管在电场中的变形被解析地给出．结果表明:碳纳米管的长径比对碳纳米管在电场中的变形有重大影响,长径比越大,碳纳米管的变形越明显;碳纳米管的径向变形沿轴向是不均匀的,最大的径向变形出现于碳纳米管的端部;更为有意义的是,即使外加电场不够大,对于长径比很大的碳纳米管仍然可以表现出明显的变形．