Velocity plateaus and jumps in carbon nanotube sliding

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2007-07-05

arxiv.org/abs/0707.0765v1

Surface Science 601, 3693-3696 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

9 pages, 5 color figures, format latex Elsart. Surface Science, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2007.05.034

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.susc.2007.05.034

The friction between concentric carbon nanotubes sliding one inside the other has been widely studied and simulated, but not so far using external force as the driving variable. Our molecular dynamics (MD) simulations show that as the pulling force grows, the sliding velocity increases by jumps and plateaus rather than continuously as expected. Dramatic friction peaks (similar to that recently noted by Tangney {\it et al.} in Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 195901) which develop around some preferential sliding velocities, are at the origin of this phenomenon. The (stable) rising edge of the peak produces a velocity plateau; the (unstable) dropping edge produces a jump to the nearest stable branch. The outcome is reminiscent of conduction in ionized gases, the plateau correspon ding to a current stabilization against voltage variations, the jump corresponding to a discharge or breakdown.

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