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DYNAMICS AND FRICTION IN DOUBLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES - Couverture souple

Servantie, James

 
9783836464215: DYNAMICS AND FRICTION IN DOUBLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3836464217 ISBN 13 : 9783836464215
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

Synopsis

Nanotubes have exceptional physical properties, theyare as tough as diamond and excellent heat andelectricity conductors. On the other hand theircylindrical shape suggests the possibility of usingthem as mechanical parts at the nanoscale. Recent experiments showed that oscillators or rotationalaxes could be manufactured and controlled. Moreoverthe motion was observed to be wearless and withextremely low friction. This book shows analyticaland numerical results on the dynamics and friction inthose systems. The results show that the empiricallaw stating that friction is proportional to the areaof contact is very well verified. Moreover, frictionincreases with temperature. These dependencies can beeasily interpreted. Indeed, if the temperature islarge enough so that electronic effects can benegligible, then dissipation is only due to thephonons. Consequently, if the temperature increases,the coupling between the phonons and therotational or oscillatory motions increases, as wellas friction. In the same manner, when the area ofcontact increases, the number of available phonons totransport energy increases, resulting in a higherfriction force.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Nanotubes have exceptional physical properties, theyare as tough as diamond and excellent heat andelectricity conductors. On the other hand theircylindrical shape suggests the possibility of usingthem as mechanical parts at the nanoscale. Recent experiments showed that oscillators or rotationalaxes could be manufactured and controlled. Moreoverthe motion was observed to be wearless and withextremely low friction. This book shows analyticaland numerical results on the dynamics and friction inthose systems. The results show that the empiricallaw stating that friction is proportional to the areaof contact is very well verified. Moreover, frictionincreases with temperature. These dependencies can beeasily interpreted. Indeed, if the temperature islarge enough so that electronic effects can benegligible, then dissipation is only due to thephonons. Consequently, if the temperature increases,the coupling between the phonons and therotational or oscillatory motions increases, as wellas friction. In the same manner, when the area ofcontact increases, the number of available phonons totransport energy increases, resulting in a higherfriction force.

Biographie de l'auteur

James Servantie studied physics at the Free University ofBrussels, he got his PhD in 2006 in the Center for NonlinearPhysics and Complex Systems with Pierre Gaspard. Afterwards hejoined the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Göttingen forpostdoctoral research in microfluidics. He is currently aresearch fellow at Sabanci University.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3836464217
ISBN 13 
9783836464215
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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