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dc.contributor.authorVimalanathan, K.
dc.contributor.authorGascooke, J.
dc.contributor.authorSuarez-Martinez, Irene
dc.contributor.authorMarks, N.
dc.contributor.authorKumari, H.
dc.contributor.authorGarvey, C.
dc.contributor.authorAtwood, J.
dc.contributor.authorLawrance, W.
dc.contributor.authorRaston, C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:56:26Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:56:26Z
dc.date.created2016-04-03T19:30:34Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationVimalanathan, K. and Gascooke, J. and Suarez-Martinez, I. and Marks, N. and Kumari, H. and Garvey, C. and Atwood, J. et al. 2016. Fluid dynamic lateral slicing of high tensile strength carbon nanotubes. Scientific Reports. 6: Article ID 22865.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16546
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/srep22865
dc.description.abstract

Lateral slicing of micron length carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is effective on laser irradiation of the materials suspended within dynamic liquid thin films in a microfluidic vortex fluidic device (VFD). The method produces sliced CNTs with minimal defects in the absence of any chemical stabilizers, having broad length distributions centred at ca 190, 160 nm and 171 nm for single, double and multi walled CNTs respectively, as established using atomic force microscopy and supported by small angle neutron scattering solution data. Molecular dynamics simulations on a bent single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) with a radius of curvature of order 10 nm results in tearing across the tube upon heating, highlighting the role of shear forces which bend the tube forming strained bonds which are ruptured by the laser irradiation. CNT slicing occurs with the VFD operating in both the confined mode for a finite volume of liquid and continuous flow for scalability purposes.

dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.titleFluid dynamic lateral slicing of high tensile strength carbon nanotubes
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume6
dcterms.source.titleScientific Reports
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curtin.departmentDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
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