Dai, X. B.; Merlitz, H.; Wu, C. X. - In: The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and … 54 (2006) 1, pp. 109-112
A discrete shell model is proposed to describe the radial deformation of carbon nanotubes under a hydrostatic pressure and the radial Young's modulus of (single- or multi-walled) nanotubes is obtained. It is found that the radial modulus decreases with increasing tube diameter while increases...