Mechanical response to axial strain in WS2 nanotubes

In order to take advantage of inorganic nanotubes for their use with pragmatic purposes, characterization of their mechanical properties becomes a relevant issue. In the present study, a series of results on the mechanical properties of WS₂ nanotubes of several diameters and two main lattice orientations was obtained by the implementation of molecular dynamics simulations using an interatomic potential of the Stillinger-Weber kind. A Young’s modulus for nanotubes of H polytype close t...