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Surfactant-assisted processing of carbon nanotube/polymer composites
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In this article, the role of nonionic surfactant is investigated in carbon nanotube/polymer composites and the pathways to improve dispersion and modify interfacial bonding.Abstract:
Interfacial interaction is one of the most critical issues in carbon nanotube/polymer composites In this paper the role of nonionic surfactant is investigated With the surfactant as the processing aid, the addition of only 1 wt % carbon nanotubes in the composite increases the glass transition temperature from 63 °C to 88 °C The elastic modulus is also increased by more than 30% In contrast, the addition of carbon nanotubes without the surfactant only has moderate effects on the glass transition temperature and on the mechanical properties This work points to the pathways to improve dispersion and to modify interfacial bonding in carbon nanotube/polymer compositesread more
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Advances in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and their composites: a review
TL;DR: A review of recent advances in carbon nanotubes and their composites can be found in this article, where the authors examine the research work reported in the literature on the structure and processing of carbon Nanotubes.
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Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes
TL;DR: Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Greece, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, and Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita di Trieste, Piazzale Europa 1, 34127 Triesteadays.
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Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Carbon Nanotubes
TL;DR: In this article, a review of polymer nanocomposites with single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes is presented, and the current challenges to and opportunities for efficiently translating the extraordinary properties of carbon-nanotubes to polymer matrices are summarized.
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Dispersion and functionalization of carbon nanotubes for polymer-based nanocomposites: a review
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the current understanding of carbon nanotubes and CNT/polymer nanocomposites with two particular topics: (i) the principles and techniques for CNT dispersion and functionalization and (ii) the effects of CNT-based functionalization on the properties of polymers.
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Carbon nanotube–polymer composites: Chemistry, processing, mechanical and electrical properties
TL;DR: In this paper, an extended account of the various chemical strategies for grafting polymers onto carbon nanotubes and the manufacturing of carbon-nanotube/polymer nanocomposites is given.
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A Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission Electron Source
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Unraveling Nanotubes: Field Emission from an Atomic Wire
Andrew G. Rinzler,Jason H. Hafner,Pavel Nikolaev,Peter Nordlander,Daniel T. Colbert,Richard E. Smalley,Liang Lou,Seong-Gon Kim,David Tománek +8 more
TL;DR: Field emission of electrons from individually mounted carbon nanotubes has been found to be dramatically enhanced when the nanotube tips are opened by laser evaporation or oxidative etching, in a process that resembles unraveling the sleeve of a sweater.
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Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composites
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Stress-induced fragmentation of multiwall carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the observation of single nanotube fragmentation, under tensile stresses, using nanotubes-containing thin polymeric films, and they estimate that the multi-wall multi-nanotube-matrix stress transfer efficiency is at least one order of magnitude larger than in conventional fiber-based composites.