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Rice University

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Rice University researchers determined several ways a nanotube experiences plastic failure, either through dislocation movement under 6% strain (here) or through shear band formation under 14% strain. Both mechanisms, seen in kinetic Monte Carlo simulations, only activate under extreme conditions, so neither appears to be a significant factor in fatigue of the nanotubes.

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Nitant Gupta/Yakobson Research Group

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