Possible nanomachines: Nanotube walls as movable elements

Possible types of nanomachines based on many-wall carbon nanotubes and their operation modes are considered. Potential relief and energy barriers for the relative motion of a nanotube wall are studied. Fundamentally new nanomachines based on the threadlike relative motion of nanotube walls are proposed.

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