Carbon based nano materials such as single, double and multi-walled carbon nanotubes serve as fundamental building blocks for NEMS. Though carbon based nano structures are relatively new breed of materials, but they are extremely important for mechanical and materials industries and for the fabrication of semi-conductor hybrid devices as well as future nano computers. There is a challenging lack in understanding the complex mechanism that involves and controls the mechanical properties of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (VAMWCNTs). For several applications in the regime of...