title: Controlling reversible elastic deformation of carbon nanotube rings.
abstract: We show that bundles of carbon nanotubes can be coiled into ring structures by controlling the contraction of their polymer shells. With the robust carbon nanotubes, we demonstrate their reversible transformation between circular and compressed rings in a colloid.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371.
authors.forename: Liyong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaoshuang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Liangfang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zhiyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hongyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen