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January 2008, to be published in Physical Review B15
Continuum model of polygonization of carbon nanotubes
We use a multiscale procedure to derive a simple continuum model of multiwalled carbon nanotubes that takes into account both strong covalent bonds within graphene layers and weak bonds between atoms in different layers. The model predicts polygonization of crossections of large multiwalled nanotubes as a consequence of their curvature-induced turbostratic structure. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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