Controlling reversible elastic deformation of carbon nanotube rings |
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Authors: | Chen Liyong Wang Hong Xu Jun Shen Xiaoshuang Yao Lin Zhu Liangfang Zeng Zhiyuan Zhang Hua Chen Hongyu |
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Affiliation: | Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371. |
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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. |
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