Friday, April 20, 2007

Picture of the day


Low-friction bearing assembly with two carbon allotropes

Damian Gregory Allis, Low-friction bearing assembly with two carbon allotropes


Copyright Damian Gregory Allis, Ph.D.: In this design, two diamondoid rings replace small segments of a carbon nanotube, providing a lock for a third, larger ring. The larger ring includes a stitch-work of oxygens to create an electron-rich interior whose effective circular van der Waals packing just touches that of the nanotube framework. (click to see larger version)

All images (in this series) are the result of molecular mechanics structure calculations using either Tinker (MM2 parameters) or NAMD (CHARMM). Images were made with VMD. Any inquiries concerning methods, software, or shop talk are directed to www.somewhereville.com.

To see the entire series, visit the Nanotechnology Now Gallery.

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