Study of the structural and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube forests

• Grant number: 09/18579-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - Brazil
• Start date: April 01, 2010
• End date: March 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Douglas Soares Galvão
• Grantee: Douglas Soares Galvão
• Visiting researcher: Sergio Benites Legoas
• Visiting researcher institution: Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR). Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia (CCT), Brazil
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We will investigate the structural and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube forests of different topologies. Our analysis will be mainly based on classical molecular dynamics simulations and finite elements methods. (AU)