Soft, flexible, and stretchable electronic devices provide novel integration opportunities for wearable and implantable technologies. Despite the existing efforts to endow electronics with the capability of large deformation, the main technological challenge is still in the absence of suitable materials for the manufacturing of stretchable electronic circuits and devices with active (sensitive) and passive (stable) components. Here, we present a universal material, based on single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) films deposited on a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate, which can act as a material being both sensitive and insensitive to strain. The diverse performance of SWCNT/PDMS structures was achieved by two simple dry-transfer fabrication approaches: SWCNT film deposition onto the as-prepared PDMS and on the prestretched PDMS surface. The correlation between applied strain, microstructural evolution, and electro-optical properties is discussed on the basis of both experimental and computational results. The SWCNT/PDMS material with the mechanically tunable performance has a small relative resistance change from 0.05 to 0.07, while being stretched from 10 to 40% (stable electrode applications). A high sensitivity of 20.1 of the SWCNT/ PDMS structures at a 100% strain was achieved (strain sensing applications). Our SWCNT/PDMS structures have superior transparency and conductivity compared to the ones reported previously, including the SWCNT/PDMS structures, obtained by wet processes.

This paper presents the composite biostructures created by laser structuring of the single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in an albumin matrix. Under the exposure of femtosecond laser radiation, the heating of the albumin aqueous solution causes liquid water to evaporate. As a result, we obtained a solid-state composite in the bulk or film form. Using the molecular dynamic method, we showed the formation of a framework from SWCNTs by the example of splicing of the open end of one nanotube with the defect region of another nanotube under the action of the laser heating. Laser heating of SWCNTs up to a temperature of 80°C to 100°C causes the C ? C bond formation. Raman spectra measured for the composite biostructures allowed us to describe the binding of oxygen atoms of amino acid residues of the albumin with the carbon atoms of the SWCNTs. It is found that the interaction energy of the nanotube atoms and albumin atoms amounts up to 580 ?? kJ / mol . We used atomic force microscopy to investigate the surface of the composite biostructures. The pore size is in the range of 30 to 120 nm. It is proved that the proliferation of the fibroblasts occurred on the surface of the composite biostructures during 72 h of incubation.

A new approach to dynamical determination of the active zone in the framework of the hybrid model (quantum mechanics/ molecular mechanics) is developed in this work. The proposed approach is based on using of the original method for calculation of the local stress on the atoms of structure, experiencing different external influence. The algorithm of realization of the proposed approach in the framework of the hybrid model 'hot spot' using the quantum tight binding method and empirical method based on REBO potential is described in details. The test problem of simulation for behavior of zigzag carbon nanotube at the tension is solved to approbate the presented approach.

Effect of a nonuniform external mechanical load on high density lipoprotein (HDL) in aqueous medium was investigated using course-grained molecular dynamics simulations. The nonuniform load was achieved by a few layer graphene on one side and closed single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) (7, 7) on the opposite side of lipoprotein. The tube had a diameter of 1 nm and was oriented perpendicularly to the graphene. HDL was located between them. The tube was approaching to HDL on graphene deforming it. We considered two cases of the tube movement with velocities of 20 and 5 m/s. Coarse-grained (CG) molecular dynamics with application of the MARTINI force field for HDL and coarse-grained model with an all-atom (AA)/CG mapping ratio of 1.5 for carbon nanotube (CNT) (each CG bead was modeled by the 4-site CG benzene) were used. Coarse-grained model of HDL was received by method of self-assembly. HDL was static but not fixed that gave the possibility to compensate its external influence in some way. It was established that in water medium HDL interacted with graphene substrate. It was established that in water HDL interacts with graphene substrate, slightly flattening but retaining its shape of the whole. It was also observed that during the calculations HDL partially dodged nanotube. Lipoprotein belts unfolded on the graphene substrate in the way of the best compensation for the impact of nanotubes. Finally, we observed that the approaching tube has passed through the less dense medium of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and its pressure on the macromolecule decreased. Inhomogeneity of the external exposure deformed HDL at approximately 10-50%. The character of deformation demonstrated that lipoprotein has viscoelastic properties similar to a fluid. The discovered ability of lipoprotein may help to establish mechanism of interaction of lipoproteins with arterial walls and dynamic behavior of lipoproteins in arterial intima.

It was found for the first time that the motion of a fullerene on graphene creates a small current.