Simulation of Rotary Motion Generated by Head-to-Head Carbon Nanotube Shuttles

Mustapha Hamdi (1) , Arunkumar Subramanian (2, 3) , Lixin Dong (2, 4) , Antoine Ferreira (1) , Bradley J.Nelson (2)

1 IRAUS - Département Images, Robotique, Automatique et Signal [Orléans]
2 IRIS - Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
3 CIN - Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
4 DECE - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

A novel rotary nanomotor is described using two ax ially aligned, opposing chirality nanotube shuttles. Based on inter shell screw-likemotion of nanotubes, rotarymotion is generated by electrostatically pulling the two cores together. Simulations using molecular dynamics showthe generation of rotation fromarmchair nanotube pairs and their actuation properties. The simulation results point toward the use of these motors as building blocks in nanoelectromechanical systems and nanorobotic systems for sensing, actuation, and computation applications.

Mots clés: Molecular dynamics simulation; NEMS; nanorobotic system; carbon nanotube; rotary nanomotor

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique

Mustapha Hamdi, Arunkumar Subramanian, Lixin Dong, Antoine Ferreira, Bradley J.Nelson. Simulation of Rotary Motion Generated by Head-to-Head Carbon Nanotube Shuttles. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2013, 18 (1), pp.130-137. ⟨10.1109/TMECH.2011.2165078⟩. ⟨hal-00647910⟩