Enhanced mechanical strength and ductility of metal-repaired defective carbon nanotubes: A density functional study

Physics & Astronomy

• ductility 100%
• carbon nanotubes 87%
• metals 52%
• hybrid structures 31%
• tensile deformation 31%
• tensile tests 26%
• charge distribution 25%
• density functional theory 19%
• electronic structure 19%
• physics 16%
• augmentation 15%
• defects 14%
• atoms 12%