Violation of the universal behavior of membranes inside cylindrical tubes at nanoscale

Author(s)

Perim, E. ^[1] ; Fonseca, A. F. ^[1] ; Pugno, N. M. ^{[2, 3, 4]} ; Galvao, D. S. ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] State Univ Campinas Campinas SP, Dept Appl Phys, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Trento, Lab Bioinspired & Graphene Nanomech, Dept Civil Environm & Mech Engn, I-38123 Trento - Italy

^[3] Fdn Bruno Kessler, Ctr Mat & Microsyst, I-38123 Povo, Trento - Italy

^[4] Queen Mary Univ London, Sch Engn & Mat Sci, London E1 4NS - England

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: EPL; v. 105, n. 5 MAR 2014.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

Recently, it was proposed based on classical elasticity theory and experiments at macroscale, that the conformations of sheets inside cylindrical tubes present a universal behavior. A natural question is whether this behavior still holds at nanoscale. Based on molecular-dynamics simulations and analytical modeling for graphene and boron nitride membranes confined inside carbon nanotubes, we show that the class of universality observed at macroscale is violated at nanoscale. The precise origin of these discrepancies is addressed and proven to be related to both surface and atomistic effects. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2014 (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/08293-7 - CCES - Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences
• Grantee: Munir Salomao Skaf
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC
• FAPESP's process: 12/10106-8 - Modeling carbon nanostructured materials
• Grantee: Alexandre Fontes da Fonseca
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants