Investigation on the Structural, Mechanical and Functional Properties of Carbon-based Nanostructures

• Grant number: 13/13808-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: January 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Douglas Soares Galvão
• Grantee: Leonardo Dantas Machado
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/08293-7 - CCES - Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences, AP.CEPID
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/12189-3 - Atomistic modeling of high-velocity unzipping of carbon and hexagonal boron nitride nanotubes, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

In this project we intent to carry out a multi-scale investigation on the structural, mechanical and functional properties of some carbon-based nanostructures.We will investigate three correlated problem involving carbon nanotubes.We selected problems were carbon nanotube serpentines, the synthesis of carbon nanotubes inside zeolites and artificial muscles make of carbon nanotube yarns.We will use a multi-scale approach, combining ab initio methods, classical and quantum molecular dynamics simulations and finite elements methods.