A comprehensive review on CNTs and CNT-reinforced composites: syntheses, characteristics and applications

SK Soni, B Thomas, VR Kar - Materials Today Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Since their first synthesis, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) gained remarkable research interest
owing to their astonishing mechanical properties and extensive range of potential …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon nanotube characteristics and enhancement effects on the mechanical features of polymer-based materials and structures–A review

A Ali, SSR Koloor, AH Alshehri… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Carbon Nano Tubes (CNTs) are cylindrical structured rolled up sheets of graphene.
The use of CNTs is observed as increasing immensely nowadays due to its tremendous …

Recent progress in the development and properties of novel metal matrix nanocomposites reinforced with carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets

SC Tjong - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2013 - Elsevier
One-dimensional carbon nanotubes and two-dimensional graphene nanosheets with
unique electrical, mechanical and thermal properties are attractive reinforcements for …

Solid-state interfacial reaction and load transfer efficiency in carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-reinforced aluminum matrix composites

B Chen, J Shen, X Ye, H Imai, J Umeda, M Takahashi… - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)/aluminum (Al) composites with various interfacial
reaction degrees were fabricated by powder metallurgy at sintering temperature range of …

Recent progress in low-dimensional nanomaterials filled multifunctional metal matrix nanocomposites

SC Yoo, D Lee, SW Ryu, B Kang, HJ Ryu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional metal matrix composites (MMCs) with particles, whiskers, and fibers as
reinforcements have been developed primarily for structural applications. Despite their long …

Effectively enhanced load transfer by interfacial reactions in multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforced Al matrix composites

W Zhou, T Yamaguchi, K Kikuchi, N Nomura… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
The thermal expansion response of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) reinforced Al
matrix composites was employed to discuss the improvement of the load transfer at the …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of ball milling on graphene reinforced Al6061 composite fabricated by semi-solid sintering

M Bastwros, GY Kim, C Zhu, K Zhang, S Wang… - Composites Part B …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract A 1.0 wt.% graphene reinforced aluminum 6061 (Al6061) composite was
synthesized to investigate the effects of graphene dispersion by ball milling technique. The …

Tensile properties of carbon nanotubes reinforced aluminum matrix composites: A review

M Jagannatham, P Chandran, S Sankaran, P Haridoss… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have received huge attention from the scientific community in the
last two decades due to their unique structure and properties. They have been considered …

Multi-layer graphene/copper composites: Preparation using high-ratio differential speed rolling, microstructure and mechanical properties

WJ Kim, TJ Lee, SH Han - Carbon, 2014 - Elsevier
The possibility of using multi-layer graphene (MLG) particles as reinforcement for enhancing
the mechanical properties of Cu matrix composites was explored. The combination of ball …

[HTML][HTML] Reinforcement size dependence of mechanical properties and strengthening mechanisms in diamond reinforced titanium metal matrix composites

F Saba, F Zhang, S Liu, T Liu - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Diamond particulates reinforced titanium matrix composites (TiMMCs) were fabricated by
spark plasma sintering technique at different reinforcement sizes of 5, 100, 200 nm and 3 …