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Parameterization of Continuum Theories for Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Switches by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

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We propose continuum models for simulation of carbon nanotube based electromechanical switches. Mechanical behavior of a single wall nanotube has been modeled by a continuum model parameterized by using molecular dynamics simulations. By coupling the continuum mechanical and electrostatic models, electromechanical analysis of a single wall nanotube is performed to compute the pull-in voltage.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Marc Dequesnes

  2. Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    S.V. Rotkin

  3. Beckman Institute and Department of General Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    N.R. Aluru

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Dequesnes, M., Rotkin, S. & Aluru, N. Parameterization of Continuum Theories for Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Switches by Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Journal of Computational Electronics 1, 313–316 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020722818600

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