Buckling of ZnS-filled single-walled carbon nanotubes – The influence of aspect ratio

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Encapsulation of two-dimensional materials inside carbon nanotubes: Towards an enhanced synthesis of single-layered metal halides

“…In this sense, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are an attractive host since they can have a variety of diameters and lengths and their inner hollow cavity can be filled with a large variety of compounds. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Among them, metal halides have received widespread attention since the resulting hybrids are of interest for instance for biomedical imaging [7][8][9], even allowing mapping of cellular organelles. [10] In general, confinement of materials within the walls of CNTs results in the formation of molecular entities, nanoclusters or nanowires.…”

Composition-dependent buckling behaviour of hybrid boron nitride–carbon nanotubes

“…As indicated in previous studies, the effect of the filler on the buckling strength of nanotubes strongly depends on the size and density of the filled atoms or molecules, the nanotube diameter, length and chirality, among others. [49][50][51][52] For example, due to the encapsulation of gold atoms 49 or crystalline zinc sulphide nanowires, 50 the buckling strengths of filled CNTs were greatly enhanced. In the meantime, smaller critical buckling strains similar to those observed in the present study were also found in the water-filled CNTs 51 and the hydrogen-filled BNNTs.…”