Metasurfaces, which offer a diverse range of functionalities in a remarkably compact size,
have captured the interest of both scientific and industrial sectors. However, their inherent …

Soon after the discovery of carbon nanotubes, it was realized that the theoretically predicted
mechanical properties of these interesting structures–including high strength, high stiffness …

Owing to their superior mechanical and physical properties, carbon nanotubes seem to hold
a great promise as an ideal reinforcing material for composites of high-strength and low …

Since the last decade, research activities in the area of nano-materials have been increased
dramatically. More than a 1000 of journal articles in this area have been published within the …

Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes: theoretical predictions and experimental
measurements À propos Notre revue Équipe éditoriale Les CR Physique en libre accès diamant …

Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

An effective continuum/finite element (FE) approach for modeling the structure and the
deformation of single-and multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is presented. Individual tubes …

Abstract The Quasicontinuum (QC) Method, originally conceived and developed by Tadmor,
Ortiz and Phillips [1] in 1996, has since seen a great deal of development and application by …

A nanoscale continuum theory is established to directly incorporate interatomic potentials
into a continuum analysis without any parameter fitting. The theory links interatomic …

Based on the theory of nonlocal continuum mechanics, a multiple shell model is developed
for the axial buckling of multiwalled carbon nanotubes under axial compression. The effects …