Cover Picture: Defective Single‐Walled Aluminosilicate Nanotubes: Structural Stability and Mechanical Properties (ChemNanoMat 3/2016)

Single-walled aluminosilicate nanotubes (AlSiNTs) are an emerging form of nanotube with mechanical strength that is expected to be on par with that of single-walled nanotubes (SWCNTs). D.-Y. Kang et al. developed practical models of defective AlSiNTs to enable a quantitative investigation of the relationships among defect structures as well as the structural stability and mechanical properties of AlSiNTs. The assessment employed multi-scale computational tools: density functional theory, molecular modeling, and nanoscale continuum modeling. The developed methodology could be extended to other nanotube systems to the discovery of new high-strength nanotube materials. More information can be found in the Full paper by D.-Y. Kang et al. on page 189 in Issue 3, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cnma.201500185).