Vibration reduction is of great importance in various engineering applications, and a
material that exhibits good vibration damping along with high strength and modulus has …

In the present study, coarse‐grained (CG) molecular models of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
strengthened vulcanized natural rubber (VNR) composites are constructed to systematically …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are often regarded as semi-rigid, all-carbon polymers. However,
unlike conventional polymers that can form 3D networks such as hydrogels or elastomers …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are the building blocks of a variety of meso-and macro-scale
assemblies. Buckypaper (BP) is a typical mesoscopic material that can possess tensile …

Graphene is recognized as an emerging 2D nanomaterial for many applications. Assembly
of graphene sheets into 3D structures is an attractive way to enable their macroscopic …

We develop topological methods for characterizing the relationship between polymer chain
entanglement and bulk viscoelastic responses. We introduce generalized Linking Number …

We investigated the microstructures of carbon nanotube (CNT) films and the effect of CNT
length on their mechanical performance. 230 μm-, 300 μm-, and 360 μm-long CNTs were …

The goal of this work is to understand the underlying mechanisms that govern shape
memory of polymer nanocomposites at the molecular level and to utilize them for novel …

Carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns are synthetic nanomaterials of interest for diverse
applications. To bring fundamental understanding into the yarn formation process, we …

Conductive aerogels have received extensive attention in a variety of application fields such
as structural engineering and electrochemistry due to their lightweight, porous and …