W. Q. Wu, Q. H. Yuan, D. Y. Sun
Molecular dynamics simulations have been used to investigate the structures of Lennard-Jones (LJ) nanowires (NWs) encapsulated by carbon nanotubes (CNTs). We found that, when the radius of CNTs is small, the structures of NWs are quite simple, {\it i.e,} only multi-shell NWs are formed. For CNTs with larger radius, the structure of NWs becomes much richer. In addition to crystal and multishell NWs, three new kinds of NWs are found, i.e, a hybrid NW with a crystal core closed by a few shells, a crystal NW with droplet-like pits on the side of NW, and a multishell NW with droplet-like pits on the side of NW. The 'phase' diagram, which describes the structure change with the number of LJ atoms and the interaction between NWs and CNTs, is also obtained.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3842
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