@article{a99c168cae474ec2b3227ddec90a209d,
title = "Investigation on CNT/alumina interface properties using molecular mechanics simulations",
abstract = "The pull-out of a carbon nanotube (CNT) from an alumina (α-Al 2O3) matrix was investigated using molecular mechanics simulations to study the interfacial properties due to van der Waals and electrostatic Coulombic interactions. The pull-out force of the CNT was found to be proportional to its diameter, but independent of its length and alumina grain boundary type. A theory was proposed to predict the force for an arbitrary pull-out of a CNT from the alumina matrix using the outermost wall diameter of CNT.",
author = "Sen Liu and Ning Hu and Go Yamamoto and Yindi Cai and Yajun Zhang and Yaolu Liu and Yuan Li and Toshiyuki Hashida and Hisao Fukunaga",
note = "Funding Information: This work is partly supported by two Grand-in-Aids for Scientific Research (Nos. 19360045 and 22360044 ) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology . The authors acknowledge Prof. C.B. Fan (Beijing Institute of Technology, China) for kindly providing the computational resources.",
year = "2011",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.carbon.2011.04.058",
language = "English",
volume = "49",
pages = "3701--3704",
journal = "Carbon",
issn = "0008-6223",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "11",
}