Based upon molecular structural mechanics, elastic buckling of single-walled carbon nanotubes with vacancy defects under torsional loading was investigated. The effects of the chirality, length, radius and position of vacancy defects upon the buckling behavior of single-walled carbon nanotubes were studied.

Torsional Buckling of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Multi-Vacancy Defects. S.Ziaee: Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2013, 10[11], 2586-90