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SUBMITTER: Hu M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3580323 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20130101
The exploration of novel functional carbon polymorphs is an enduring topic of scientific investigations. In this paper, we present simulations demonstrating metastable carbon phases as the result of pressure induced carbon nanotube polymerization. The configuration, bonding, electronic, and mechanical characteristics of carbon polymers strongly depend on the imposed hydrostatic/non-hydrostatic pressure, as well as on the geometry of the raw carbon nanotubes including diameter, chirality, stackin ...[more]