| Autor: |
Seyram Gbordzoe, Paa Kwasi Adusei, Devika Chauhan, Noe T. Alvarez, Mark R. Haase, Karim Mansari, Sathya N. Kanakaraj, Yu-Yun Hsieh, Vesselin Shanov |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
C, Vol 5, Iss 3, p 35 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2311-5629 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/c5030035 |
| Popis: |
In this paper, we present the results of a study related to fabrication of polymer-aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) composites made with different thermoplastic polymers. These composites have been manufactured by employing a simple two-step process using the internal resistive heating approach. The resulting composites have shown improved tensile strength, load, and elastic modulus compared to pristine CNT sheets. Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-CNT, UltemTM-CNT and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)-CNT composites showed an increase in tensile strength by as much as 41%, 77% and 86% respectively over pristine CNT sheets. The improvement in tensile strength is the result of a good adhesion achieved between the aligned CNTs and polymer as observed with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). |
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