Mechanical properties of blended single-wall carbon nanotube composites Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The improvement in mechanical properties of blended nanocomposites prepared using a low-viscosity, liquid epoxy resin and purified single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) was evaluated. The macroscopic tensile stressstrain behavior for hybrid materials made with varying amounts of SWCNT was determined and showed little improvement in the breaking tensile strength. The corresponding variations in modulus and hardness were obtained using nanoindentation considering time effects and showed quantifiable but modest improvements. The small changes in the observed stiffness and breaking strength of carbon nanotube composites is due to the formation of bundles and their curvy morphology.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Materials Research

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Penumadu, D., Dutta, A., Pharr, G. M., & Files, B.

citation count

  • 63

complete list of authors

  • Penumadu, D||Dutta, A||Pharr, GM||Files, B

publication date

  • August 2003