Storing elastic energy in carbon nanotubes

F.A. Hill, T.F. Havel, A.J. Hart, C. Livermore. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 19:094015, 2009. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/19/9/094015] [PDF]   The potential performance of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as springs for elastic energy storage is...