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Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications
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Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects.Abstract:
Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects. Some of these applications are now realized in products. Others are demonstrated in early to advanced devices, and one, hydrogen storage, is clouded by controversy. Nanotube cost, polydispersity in nanotube type, and limitations in processing and assembly methods are important barriers for some applications of single-walled nanotubes.read more
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Fabrication and effective thermal conductivity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes reinforced Cu matrix composites for heat sink applications
Ke Chu,Qingying Wu,Chengchang Jia,Xuebing Liang,Junhui Nie,Wenhuai Tian,Guosheng Gai,Hong Guo +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a particle-compositing method was used for the first time to disperse different contents of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in micron sized copper powders, which were subsequently consolidated into CNT/Cu composites by spark plasma sintering (SPS).
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Wavy Ribbons of Carbon Nanotubes for Stretchable Conductors
TL;DR: In this paper, a CNT ribbon with a thin layer of sputtered Au/Pd film is transferred onto a prestrained poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) substrate and buckled out-of-plane upon release of the prestrain.
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Enhancement of Modulus, Strength, and Toughness in Poly(methyl methacrylate)-Based Composites by the Incorporation of Poly(methyl methacrylate)-Functionalized Nanotubes**
David Blond,Valerie Barron,Manuel Ruether,Kevin P. Ryan,Valeria Nicolosi,Werner J. Blau,Jonathan N. Coleman +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the polymer and not the interface fails when functionalization results in an extremely high polymer/nanotube interfacial shear strength, probably due to nanotube aggregation.
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Determination of mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes and vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests using nanoindentation
H.J. Qi,Kenneth B. K. Teo,Kenneth K. S. Lau,Mary C. Boyce,William I. Milne,John Robertson,Karen K. Gleason +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method to determine the mechanical properties of VACNT and constituent carbon nanotubes using nanoindentation tests is proposed, which reveals a process whereby the nanotsubes are consecutively bent during the penetration of the indentor.
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Life-Cycle Effects of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) on an Estuarine Meiobenthic Copepod†
TL;DR: Results suggest size-dependent toxicity of SWNT-based nanomaterials, with the smallest synthetic byproduct fractions causing increased mortality and delayed copepod development over the concentration ranges tested.
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