Oscillation induced worm-like locomotion of carbon nanotubes.
Harmonic oscillation of a doubly clamped single-walled carbon nanotube rope is significantly damped by the resistive force of friction at intertube contacts and the energy transmission rate has been estimated to be lower than that on a metal wire excited at similar frequency and vibrating length by one order of magnitude.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu 30013, Taiwan.
Tung-Wen
TW
Cheng
Chieh-Lien
CL
Lu
Yao-Chen
YC
Lai
Hsin-Fu
HF
Kuo
Weileun
W
Fang
Nyan-Hwa
NH
Tai
Wen-Kuang
WK
Hsu