We show that strong electron irradiation of single-layer carbon nanotubes introduces distinct changes in the preferred morphology (shape) of tubes, from perfect cylindrical to a necklace of ridges which result from local deformations of the tube surfaces with the curvature on the order of the tube radii. The shape transformations in these free-standing closed two dimensional surfaces seems to resemble closely the deformations observed in systems such as lipid bilayers and biological membranes.
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Ajayan, P. M., Colliex, C., Bernier, P., & Lambert, J.-M. (1993). Shape transformations in single-layer carbon nanotubes. Microscopy Microanalysis Microstructures, 4(6), 501–504. https://doi.org/10.1051/mmm:0199300406050100
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