Adhesion energy of single-wall carbon nanotube-polyethylene composite: Effect of magnetic field

In this paper, we investigate the adhesion energy at the interface between single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and polyethylene matrix with and without an external magnetic field. The carbon nanotubes are of two different chiralities-armchair (10, 10), and zigzag (10, 0), and the external high magnetic field is of 25 Tesla intensity. The study employs molecular dynamics simulations and concludes that the magnetic field decreases the interfacial adhesion energy although it increases the individual potential energies of the nanotubes, polyethylene, and composite.