Molecular dynamic simulation of defect-driven rotary system based on a triple-walled carbon nanotube and graphene

Precise control of CNT-DNA assembled nanomotor using oppositely charged dual nanopores

“…32 A nanoscale rotating system consisting of a graphene substrate and defect-effect-driven triple-walled nanotubes performed well. 33 Rotation of the nanotubes was found to be driven by the defects placed on the graphene with a stable rotation frequency. In another case, boron nitride carbon nanotubes were used as the brake tube.…”

Efficiency of CNT-based rotation transmission nanosystem in water

“…Their excellent mechanical properties are significant for their application in the design of dynamic nanodevices, e.g. nanomotors [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26], nano oscillator [27][28][29], nano gun [30], strain nanosensors [31], and nanoresonators [32,33]. The nanomotors transform energy from their environments into rigid kinetic energy.…”

“…On the other hand, the motion of the motors can be excited by different means, e.g. laser [7][8][9]22], external electric fields [10-12, 14, 15], heat conductance [13,[16][17][18][19][20][23][24][25][26], and gas [15]. The characteristics of a nanomotor depend on the dynamic behavior of the rotor, which may be sensitive to many essential factors such as the sizes of the stator(s) and the rotor, the ambient temperature, and the medium [15,23,34] in which the rotor sinks.…”