Melting Double-wall Carbon Nanotube

At one tube end, stable lip-lip interactions [see Y.K. Kwon et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 79, 2065 (1997)] bridge the gap between the inner and the outer tube, while the other end is kept open. Atoms inside the tube are shown in green and exposed edge atoms in blue. The extra atoms, which establish the lip-lip interaction, are shown in red.

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