title: Electron microscopy and in situ testing of mechanical deformation of carbon nanotubes.
abstract: In this paper, the electron diffraction technique to determine the helicity and atomic structure of carbon nanotubes is reviewed, as well as different mechanical test methods, tensile test, bending test, compression test and vibration test of carbon nanotubes by in situ electron microscopy are summarized while the relationship between mechanical properties and structures revealed by experiments is addressed. Except for these, the electric current and electron beam irradiation effect and some other novel electron microscopy experiments are also incorporated.
authors: Beijing National Center for Electron Microscopy, The State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors: Jiong
authors: J
authors: Zhao
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Zhu