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Small but strong: A review of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–polymer composites

Jonathan N. Coleman, +3 more
- 01 Aug 2006 - 
- Vol. 44, Iss: 9, pp 1624-1652
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In this article, a review of the progress to date in the field of mechanical reinforcement of polymers using nanotubes is presented, and the most promising processing methods for mechanical reinforcement are discussed.
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This article is published in Carbon.The article was published on 2006-08-01. It has received 3770 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes & Reinforcement.

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CNT-induced morphology and its effect on properties in PLA/PBAT-based nanocomposites

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact strength of the 80/20 and 60/40 versions of PLA/butylene adipate-co-terephthalate (PBAT) was investigated.
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Enantiomeric Recognition and Separation by Chiral Nanoparticles

TL;DR: The fabrication of chiral nanoparticles is discussed and the ways their distinctive surface properties have been adopted in enantiomeric recognition and separation are looked at.
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Design and Reinforcement: Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube-Based Sandwich Composites

TL;DR: This work has designed and fabricated VACNT-based sandwich composites from simply stacking the freestanding VacNTs and CF fabrics and infiltrating with epoxy matrix, which exhibit higher flexural rigidity and damping, which is achieved due to the effective integration of the VAC NTs as an interfacial layer between the CF stacks.
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The effect of carbon nanotube orientation and content on the mechanical properties of polypropylene based composites

TL;DR: In this article, a finite element method was used to predict the tensile and compressive stress-strain curves of single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites.
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Helical microtubules of graphitic carbon

Sumio Iijima
- 01 Nov 1991 - 
TL;DR: Iijima et al. as mentioned in this paper reported the preparation of a new type of finite carbon structure consisting of needle-like tubes, which were produced using an arc-discharge evaporation method similar to that used for fullerene synthesis.
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Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications

TL;DR: 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.
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Single-shell carbon nanotubes of 1-nm diameter

Sumio Iijima, +1 more
- 17 Jun 1993 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the synthesis of abundant single-shell tubes with diameters of about one nanometre, whereas the multi-shell nanotubes are formed on the carbon cathode.
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Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction

TL;DR: In this paper, the International System of Units (SI) is used to measure the properties of materials and their properties in the context of materials science and engineering, including properties of metal alloys.
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Exceptionally high Young's modulus observed for individual carbon nanotubes

TL;DR: In this article, the amplitude of the intrinsic thermal vibrations of isolated carbon nanotubes was measured in the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and it was shown that they have exceptionally high Young's moduli, in the terapascal (TPa) range.
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