Single-walled carbon nanotube, SWCN

The hierarchy of nanomaterials contains the considerable list of various groups, such as, (i) fuUerenes and their derivatives, (ii) single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCN) (iii) multi walls carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) (iv) graphene (v) micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) (vi) metal nano oxides (vii) quantum dots, and others. One can expect that in the near future this list will be extended owing to intensive work of experimentahsts. 

Numerous micromechanical models have been successfully used to predict the macroscopic behavior of fiber-reinforced composites. However, the direct use of these models for nanotube-reinforced composites is doubtfiil due to the significant scale difference between nanotube and typical carbon fiber. Recently, two methods have been proposed for modeling the mechanical behavior of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCN) composites ... 

Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes by Iijima,(l] a rich variety of carbon nanotube morphologies have been experimentally observed. The carbon nanotubes consist of rolled-up graphene sheet with various chiralities. The unusual electronic properties of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCN) show great promise in their potential for use in molecular electronic devices. Drawing on the similarities between graphite and SWCN, many authors have attempted to extrapolate known results... 

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