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Beat vibration of hybrid boron nitride-carbon nanotubes – A new avenue to atomic-scale mass sensing

Jin Zhang, Chengyuan Wang Orcid Logo

Computational Materials Science, Volume: 127, Pages: 270 - 276

Swansea University Author: Chengyuan Wang Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.commatsci.2016.11.014

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In this paper a beat phenomenon is reported in molecular dynamics simulations for vibrating boron nitride-carbon nanotubes (BN-CNTs) and then analysed based on a continuum mechanics theory. It was shown that the distinctive dynamic behaviour is a result of the superposition of two orthogonal transve...

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Published in: Computational Materials Science
ISSN: 09270256
Published: 2017
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31148
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Abstract: In this paper a beat phenomenon is reported in molecular dynamics simulations for vibrating boron nitride-carbon nanotubes (BN-CNTs) and then analysed based on a continuum mechanics theory. It was shown that the distinctive dynamic behaviour is a result of the superposition of two orthogonal transverse vibrations whose frequencies are slightly different due to the oval cross-section of the hybrid nanotubes. In particular, the interaction between the two vibrations in BN-CNTs will facilitate to resolve the fundamental issue in developing mass nanosensors for atomic-scale mass measuring. To reach this goal, efforts should be made to maintain high quality factor of the BN-CNT oscillating system by minimising the damping effect of its surrounding environment. This issue turns out to be essential for the beat mode-based nanosensors as large damping will reduce the hybrid nanotubes to conventional resonators with only one transverse vibration same as that reported for homogeneous nanotubes.
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Start Page: 270
End Page: 276

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