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Publications on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

  1. A. Sears and R.C. Batra, Macroscopic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes from Molecular-Mechanics SimulationsPhysical Reviews B69, 235-406, 2004.
  2. A. Sears and R. C. Batra, Buckling of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Under Axial CompressionPhysical Reviews B73, 085410, 2006.
  3. R. C. Batra and A. Sears, Contnuum Models of Multi-Walled Carbon NanotubesInt. J. Solids and Structures44, 7577-7596, 2007.
  4. R. C. Batra and A. Sears, Uniform Radial Expansion/Contraction of Carbon Nanotubes and their Transverse Elastic ModuliModelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering15, 835-844, 2007.
  5. S. S. Gupta and R. C. Batra, Continuum Structures Equivalent in Normal Mode Vibrations to Single-Walled Carbon NanotubesComputational Materials Science43, 715-723, 2008.
  6. R. C. Batra and S. S. Gupta, Wall Thickness and Radial Breathing Modes of Single-walled Carbon NanotubesJ. Appl. Mechs. – T ASME75, Art, No. 061010, 2008.
  7. A. A. Pacheco and R. C. Batra, Instabilities in Shear and Simple Shear Deformations of Gold CrystalsJ. of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids56, 3116-3143, 2008.
  8. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, A Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced 1-3 Piezoelectric Composite for Active Control of Smart StructuresSmart Materials and Structures16, 1936-1947, 2007.
  9. M. C. Ray and R. C. Batra, Effective Properties of Carbon Nanotube and Piezoelectric Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Smart CompositesJ. of Applied Mechanics, Trans. ASME, 76, 034503-1—034503-4, 2009.