Giant actuation in bulk carbon nanotubes under coupled electric and magnetic fields

Gowda, Prarthana and Mukherjee, Soumalya and Reddy, Siva K and Ghosh, Rituparna and Misra, Abha (2015) Giant actuation in bulk carbon nanotubes under coupled electric and magnetic fields. In: RSC ADVANCES, 5 (33). pp. 26157-26162.

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Abstract

We report an enhanced actuation in bulk carbon nanotubes (CNTs) under coupled electric and magnetic fields, which is much higher than that evaluated in the presence of individual fields. Coupled electric and magnetic fields induce a directional actuation demonstrating a transformation from polarity independent to dependent actuation behavior of CNTs. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses are performed to understand this transformation in the bulk CNTs. Moreover, actuations along radial and axial directions of CNTs have also demonstrated a similar directional behavior.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	RSC ADVANCES
Publisher:	ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND
Keywords:	CELLULAR STRUCTURE; ANISOTROPY
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Instrumentation Appiled Physics
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2015 05:34
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2015 05:34
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51456

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