Investigation of Interfacial Properties of Flattened Carbon Nanotubes and Amorphous Carbon

Abstract

In this work, Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations are used to study the interfacial properties (interaction energy, frictional sliding resistance and transverse tension) of flattened carbon nanotubes (flCNTs) – amorphous carbon (AC) as a function of density of AC and flCNT-AC crosslinks. The ReaxFF reactive force field was used to develop the models and predict the interfacial properties.