Buckling instabilities of octadecylamine functionalized carbon nanotubes embedded in epoxy Academic Article

abstract

• We demonstrate effects of nanotubes buckling and debonding in octadecylamine (ODA) derivatized single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT)/ epoxy nanocomposites under mechanical and thermal loads uniquely detected by means of Raman spectroscopy and documented by TEM imaging. It is shown that ODA functionalization of SWCNTs provides weak sidewall interactions between the nanotubes and epoxy matrix, which make axially compressed ODA-SWCNTs susceptible to buckling. The feasibility of ODA-SWCNTs buckling in epoxy matrix is also supported by the structural mechanics calculations. 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Lagoudas, Dimitris

published proceedings

• COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• Hadjiev, V. G., Lagoudas, D. C., Oh, E. S., Thakre, P., Davis, D., Files, B. S., ... Tour, J. M.

citation count

• 36

complete list of authors

• Hadjiev, VG||Lagoudas, DC||Oh, ES||Thakre, P||Davis, D||Files, BS||Yowell, L||Arepalli, S||Bahr, JL||Tour, JM

publication date

• January 2006

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY  Journal

keywords

• Buckling
• Fibre/matrix Bond
• Polymer-matrix Composites (PMCs)
• Raman Spectroscopy
• TEM

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.01.004

start page

• 128

end page

• 136

volume

• 66

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.compscitech.2005.01.004