title: Electron diffraction of an in situ strained double-walled carbon nanotube.
abstract: The strain-induced change in a carbon-nanotube diffraction pattern is found after applying strain, using a microelectromechanical tensile stage, to the outer shell of a double-walled carbon nanotube, while the inner shell provides an unstrained reference pattern. The nanotube is found to have chirality (63,21)@(65,32) with 16-20° tilt and strain up to 1% in the outer shell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0427, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muoth
authors.forename: Christofer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hierold
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Bright
keywords: carbon nanotubes; chirality; electron diffraction; strain