Effect of number and length of outerwalls on cantilevered-carbon-nanotube resonators.

In this paper, we investigated the resonant frequencies of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) resonators with short outertubes according to the classical molecular dynamics approach. The resonant frequencies of the MWCNT resonators with short outertubes were influenced in both the wall number and the length of the short outertubes. The resonance frequencies of MWCNTs with short outertubes could be modeled by Gaussian distribution functions. Both the bandwidth and the sensitivity increased with increasing the wall number of the outertubes. The maximum frequency increased with increasing the diameter and with increasing the wall number of the outertubes for MWCNTs. So the effects of increasing the wall number of the outertubes were very important factors for understanding the vibrational frequency changes of MWCNTs with short outertubes as well as the effect of increasing the lengths of the outertubes.

Molecular dynamics simulations of an inertia sensor with carbon nanotube oscillators.

We investigated a nanoscale inertia sensor based on telescoping carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using classical molecular dynamics simulations. The positions of the telescoping CNTs are controlled by the centrifugal forces exerted by the rotation platform and thus position shifts are determined by the capacitance between CNTs and the electrode, and the operating frequency of the CNT oscillator. This measurement system, tracking oscillations of the CNT oscillator, can be used as the sensor for numerous types of devices, such as motion detectors, accelerometers, and acoustic sensors.