PC Ma, NA Siddiqui, G Marom, JK Kim - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2010 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) hold the promise of delivering exceptional mechanical properties and multi-functional characteristics. Ever-increasing interest in applying CNTs in many …
The past 3 decades of thorough scientific scrutiny of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) revealed that, in spite of their remarkable properties, some technological applications are adversely …
Carbon nanotubes have long been recognized as the stiffest and strongest man-made material known to date. In addition, their high electrical conductivity has roused interest in …
The unidirectional growth of materials to form nanowires or nanotubes has attracted enormous interest in recent years. Within the different classes of tubes made of organic or …
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), the isoelectric analogue of graphite, was functionalized using lipophilic and hydrophilic amine molecules. The functionalization induced the …
XL Xie, YW Mai, XP Zhou - Materials science and engineering: R: Reports, 2005 - Elsevier
Polymer/carbon nanotube (CNT) composites are expected to have good processability characteristics of the polymer and excellent functional properties of the CNTs. The critical …
In this paper, the mechanical properties of vapor grown carbon nanofiber (VGCNF)/polymer composites are reviewed. The paper starts with the structural and intrinsic mechanical …
Recently, polymer nanocomposites reinforced with lower volume fraction of nanoceramics and carbon nanotubes have attracted steadily growing interest due to their peculiar and …
YP Sun, K Fu, Y Lin, W Huang - Accounts of chemical research, 2002 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes can be functionalized via amidation and esterification of the nanotube- bound carboxylic acids. The solubility of these functionalized carbon nanotubes makes it …