 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Mechanical Properties | ||||||||||||||||
| ·
Buckey-tubes may be used to construct(?) mechanical devices such as gears.
The expected behavior of these systems may be simulated using molecular
dynamics calculations. The two clips 1 and 2
are from Han et al. Nanotechnology 8 (1997).
·
Again, the carbon atoms interact through their interatomic potential, which
is covalent within the layers and van der Waals between the layers. The
flexibility of the molecules plays an important role in the behavior of
these mechanical devices!
|
||||||||||||||||