Giant actuation in bulk carbon nanotubes under coupled electric and magnetic fields

Prarthana Gowda, Soumalya Mukherjee, Siva K. Reddy, Rituparna Ghosh, Abha Misra

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Abstract

We report an enhanced actuation in bulk carbon nanotubes (CNTs) under coupled electric and magnetic fields, which is much higher than that evaluated in the presence of individual fields. Coupled electric and magnetic fields induce a directional actuation demonstrating a transformation from polarity independent to dependent actuation behavior of CNTs. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses are performed to understand this transformation in the bulk CNTs. Moreover, actuations along radial and axial directions of CNTs have also demonstrated a similar directional behavior.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)26157-26162
Number of pages6
JournalRSC Advances
Volume5
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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