Conference proceeding
Structure and Properties of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Nanocomposites
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. AIAA Conference Papers, pp 1426-1426
01 Jan 2002
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) possess many unique characteristics that promise to revolutionize the world of structural materials resulting in significant impact on our capability to build lighter, smaller and higher performance structures for aerospace and many other industrial applications. When the CNT are aligned, micromechanical studies showed the potential of an order of magnitude increase in mechanical properties comparing to the state of the art carbon fiber reinforced composites. The co-electrospinning process is introduced as a pathway to realize this potential by aligning and carrying the CNT in the form of nanocomposite fibrils; thus forming the precursor for linear, planar and 3D fiber assemblies for macrocomposites. In this study, SWNT were purified and dispersed in polyacrylonitrile solution for co-electrospinning into nanocomposite fibrils. The structure, composition and physical properties of these composite fibrils were characterized by Raman spectroscopy, TEM, AFM, and TGA.
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- Title
- Structure and Properties of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Nanocomposites
- Creators
- Frank K Ko - Drexel UniversitySakina Khan - Drexel UniversityAshraf Ali - Drexel UniversityYury Gogotsi - Drexel UniversityNevin Naguib - Drexel UniversityGuoliang Yang - Drexel UniversityChristopher Li - Drexel University, Materials Science and EngineeringHideo Shimoda - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillOtto Zhou - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMichael J Bronikowski - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRichard E Smalley - Rice UniversityPeter A Willis - University of California, Los Angeles
- Publication Details
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. AIAA Conference Papers, pp 1426-1426
- Conference
- 43rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 43rd (Denver, Colorado, United States, 22 Apr 2002–25 Apr 2002)
- Publisher
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Reston
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Other Identifier
- 991014969773604721