The effect of water molecules on elastic and piezoelectric properties of diphenylalanine microtubes
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Zelenovskiy, P.; Yuzhakov, V.; Nuraeva, A.; Kornev, M.; Shur, V. Ya.; Kopyl, S.; Kholkin, A.; Vasilev, S.; Tofail, S. A. M.
- Source
- IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation IEEE Trans. Dielect. Electr. Insul. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on. 27(5):1474-1477 Oct, 2020
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Water
Vibrations
Chemicals
Peptides
Filling
Nanobioscience
Nanotubes
peptide nanotubes
water effect
piezoelectricity
elastic properties
- Language
- ISSN
- 1070-9878
1558-4135
The variation of elastic and electromechanical properties of microtubes of diphenylalanine dipeptide as a function of the degree of filing of nanochannels by water molecules is reported in this paper. Quantum chemical calculations reveal different contributions of water layers in the microtubes to Young's modulus and the effective piezoelectric coefficient. The application of diphenylalanine microtubes in micro-electromechanical systems is also discussed.