A Review of Geometry, Construction and Modelling for Carbon Nanotori
After the discovery of circular formations of single walled carbon nanotubes called fullerene crop circles, their structure has become one of the most researched amongst carbon nanostructures due to their particular interesting physical properties. Several experiments and simulations have been condu...
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| description | After the discovery of circular formations of single walled carbon nanotubes called fullerene crop circles, their structure has become one of the most researched amongst carbon nanostructures due to their particular interesting physical properties. Several experiments and simulations have been conducted to understand these intriguing objects, including their formation and their hidden characteristics. It is scientifically conceivable that these crop circles, nowadays referred to as carbon nanotori, can be formed by experimentally bending carbon nanotubes into ring shaped structures or by connecting several sections of carbon nanotubes. Toroidal carbon nanotubes are likely to have many applications, especially in electricity and magnetism. In this review, geometry, construction, modelling and possible applications are discussed and the existing known analytical expressions, as obtained from the Lennard-Jones potential and the continuum approximation, for their interaction energies with other nanostructures are summarised. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-193ed76b7e0b48a0b6719c08aae4a8b22022-12-21T17:56:25ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172019-06-01911230110.3390/app9112301app9112301A Review of Geometry, Construction and Modelling for Carbon NanotoriPakhapoom Sarapat0James M. Hill1Duangkamon Baowan2Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, ThailandSchool of Information Technology & Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5006, AustraliaDepartment of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, ThailandAfter the discovery of circular formations of single walled carbon nanotubes called fullerene crop circles, their structure has become one of the most researched amongst carbon nanostructures due to their particular interesting physical properties. Several experiments and simulations have been conducted to understand these intriguing objects, including their formation and their hidden characteristics. It is scientifically conceivable that these crop circles, nowadays referred to as carbon nanotori, can be formed by experimentally bending carbon nanotubes into ring shaped structures or by connecting several sections of carbon nanotubes. Toroidal carbon nanotubes are likely to have many applications, especially in electricity and magnetism. In this review, geometry, construction, modelling and possible applications are discussed and the existing known analytical expressions, as obtained from the Lennard-Jones potential and the continuum approximation, for their interaction energies with other nanostructures are summarised.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/11/2301carbon nanotorinanotechnologyinteraction energyLennard-Jones potentialcontinuum approximation |
| spellingShingle | Pakhapoom Sarapat James M. Hill Duangkamon Baowan A Review of Geometry, Construction and Modelling for Carbon Nanotori Applied Sciences carbon nanotori nanotechnology interaction energy Lennard-Jones potential continuum approximation |
| title | A Review of Geometry, Construction and Modelling for Carbon Nanotori |
| title_full | A Review of Geometry, Construction and Modelling for Carbon Nanotori |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Geometry, Construction and Modelling for Carbon Nanotori |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Geometry, Construction and Modelling for Carbon Nanotori |
| title_short | A Review of Geometry, Construction and Modelling for Carbon Nanotori |
| title_sort | review of geometry construction and modelling for carbon nanotori |
| topic | carbon nanotori nanotechnology interaction energy Lennard-Jones potential continuum approximation |
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