The effect of carbon nanotube diameter on the electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties of polymer composites
관리자2018-05-03조회 2364
It is well-known that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have unique properties: thermal conductivity
of 3000 W/m·K, electrical resistivity of (5 to 50) μΩ·cm, and tensile strength of about
50 GPa [1-4]. These promising properties have attracted the interest of researchers studying
CNT-polymer composites in a variety of fields including electromagnetic wave shielding,
heat spreaders, and high strength structures [5-9]. Despite this effort, there has been limited
improvement in the thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of composite materials.
One of the most fundamental problems in improving the properties of CNT-based composites
has been controlling the CNT diameter and length. Change in the diameter of carbon
nanotubes directly affects CNT characteristics, and CNTs with larger diameters are known
to have increased defect density and diminished CNT characteristics [10]. Kis and Zettl [11]
found that the Young's modulus of CNT decreases with decreasing particle diameter. Fujii et
al. [4] experimentally demonstrated that the thermal conductivity of CNTs decreased rapidly
from (3000 to 500) W/m∙K when the diameter increased from (8 to 30) nm.
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