Developments and challenges in the manufacturing, characterization and scale-up of energetic nanomaterials–A review

A Van der Heijden - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
In the domain of energetic nanomaterials, more specifically nano-sized explosives and
oxidizers, many small scale production methods have been explored up to now. So far only …

Aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube-reinforced composites: processing and mechanical characterization

ET Thostenson, TW Chou - Journal of physics D: Applied physics, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
Carbon nanotubes have been the subject of considerable attention because of their
exceptional physical and mechanical properties. These properties observed at the …

Mechanical properties of high density polyethylene/carbon nanotube composites

S Kanagaraj, FR Varanda, TV Zhil'tsova… - … Science and Technology, 2007 - Elsevier
Carbon-nanotubes (CNTs) have been used with polymers from the date of their inception to
make composites having remarkable properties. An attempt has been made in this direction …

Carbon nanotube composite deposits with high hardness and high wear resistance

X Chen, G Zhang, C Chen, L Zhou… - Advanced Engineering …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A metal–carbon nanotube (CNT) composite has been synthesized by the authors simply by
dispersing CNT's in a suitable electrolyte solution and depositing the metal in an electroless …

Manufacturing polymer/carbon nanotube composite using a novel direct process

CD Tran, S Lucas, DG Phillips, LK Randeniya… - …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A direct process for manufacturing polymer carbon nanotube (CNT)-based composite yarns
is reported. The new approach is based on a modified dry spinning method of CNT yarn and …

The relationship between the electrical and mechanical properties of polymer–nanotube nanocomposites and their microstructure

K Masenelli-Varlot, L Chazeau, C Gauthier… - Composites science and …, 2009 - Elsevier
A range of polymer–nanotube nanocomposites were produced using different processing
routes. Both polymer-grafted and as-grown nanotubes were used and latex and polystyrene …

Effect of modified and nonmodified carbon nanotubes on the rheological behavior of high density polyethylene nanocomposite

AA Ahmad, AA Al-Juhani, S Thomas… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports the results of studies on the rheological behavior of nanocomposites of
high density polyethylene (HDPE) with pristine multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNT) as well as …

Comparison of scale‐up methods for dispersive mixing in twin‐screw extruders

B Dryer, G Fukuda, J Webb… - Polymer Engineering …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Twin‐screw extrusion processes are commonly refined on laboratory‐scale extruders then
scaled‐up to manufacturing systems. When using twin‐screw extrusion to compound filler …

Electrostatics of DNA nucleotide–carbon nanotube hybrids evaluated from QM: MM simulations

MC Amirani, T Tang - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomolecule-functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been studied vastly in recent
years due to their potential applications for instance in cancer detection, purification and …

Alignment of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix

A Sharma - Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have come to the forefront of nanomaterials and interest has
grown exponentially in CNT/polymer nanocomposites for energy and environmental …