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SUBMITTER: Takakura A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6620359 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190710 1
Single-walled carbon nanotubes theoretically possess ultimate intrinsic tensile strengths in the 100-200 GPa range, among the highest in existing materials. However, all of the experimentally reported values are considerably lower and exhibit a considerable degree of scatter, with the lack of structural information inhibiting constraints on their associated mechanisms. Here, we report the first experimental measurements of the ultimate tensile strengths of individual structure-defined, single-wa ...[more]