Dispersion rheology of carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix

YY Huang, SV Ahir, EM Terentjev - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2006 - APS
We report on rheological properties of a dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in a
viscous polymer matrix. Particular attention is paid to the process of nanotubes mixing and …

Dust agglomeration

J Blum - Advances in Physics, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Dust agglomeration plays an important role in astrophysics and atmospheric sciences as
well as in industrial processes. This article reviews the current knowledge of the physical …

Improved dispersion of carbon nanotubes in polymers at high concentrations

CX Liu, JW Choi - Nanomaterials, 2012 - mdpi.com
The polymer nanocomposite used in this work comprises elastomer poly (dimethylsiloxane)(
PDMS) as a polymer matrix and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as a conductive …

The sol to gel transition in irreversible particulate systems

CM Sorensen, A Chakrabarti - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A review of the process by which irreversible aggregation of solid particles creates fractal
aggregates which eventually fill the entire system volume to form a gel, the sol to gel …

Surface engineering of nanosilica for vitrimer composites

Z Huang, Y Wang, J Zhu, J Yu, Z Hu - Composites Science and Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Vitrimers are a new kind of crosslinked polymers with attractive properties of repairing and
reprocessing. It is very important to further improve the physical properties of vitrimers to …

Elastic flow instability in nanotube suspensions

S Lin-Gibson, JA Pathak, EA Grulke, H Wang… - Physical review …, 2004 - APS
We report an elastic instability associated with flow-induced clustering in semidilute non-
Brownian colloidal nanotubes. Rheo-optical measurements are compared with simulations …

Use of dynamic rheological behavior to estimate the dispersion of carbon nanotubes in carbon nanotube/polymer composites

Q Zhang, F Fang, X Zhao, Y Li, M Zhu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Well-dispersed multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT)/polystyrene composites have been
prepared. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy were employed to observe the …

Mini review on gas-phase synthesis for energy nanomaterials

H Zhang, H Zhou, Y Wang, S Li, P Biswas - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
Gas-phase routes have emerged as a promising method for synthesizing functional
nanomaterials. A review of the state-of-the-art on aerosol reactors, such as flame aerosol …

Effect of monomer geometry on the fractal structure of colloidal rod aggregates

A Mohraz, DB Moler, RM Ziff, MJ Solomon - Physical review letters, 2004 - APS
The fractal structure of clusters formed by diffusion-limited aggregation of rodlike particles is
characterized over three decades of the scattering vector q, and displays an unexpected …

Dispersion and rheology of carbon nanotubes in polymers

YY Huang, EM Terentjev - International Journal of Material Forming, 2008 - Springer
We review two generic mechanisms of dispersion of carbon nanotubes in a low-viscosity
solvent or high-viscosity polymer, focusing on the neat nanotubes not surface-functionalized …