Multiscale analysis of carbon nanotube-reinforced nanofiber scaffolds

abstract

• Biopolymers play a significant role in tissue engineering, as they simulate the physiological environment required for the development of tissue cultures. Use of carbon nanotube polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering applications has gained attention recently due to the enhanced mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes. In this paper, a hierarchical approach by studying the atomistic properties of carbon nanotube based polymers using molecular dynamics and coupling the scales through complex multi-scale nonlinear hyperelastic material-based mathematical homogenization models are developed. These homogenization methods offer a systematic and rigorous treatment of up-scaling the properties from the micro or nanoscale to the macroscales. The material constitutive properties estimated using the developed methods for nanotube polymeric scaffold materials show excellent comparison with experimental studies. 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Reddy, Junuthula

published proceedings

• COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

author list (cited authors)

• Unnikrishnan, V. U., Unnikrishnan, G. U., & Reddy, J. N.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Unnikrishnan, VU||Unnikrishnan, GU||Reddy, JN

publication date

• January 2011

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Composite Structures  Journal

keywords

• Carbon Nanotube
• Hyperelastic Material
• Multiscale Analysis
• Nonlinear Mathematical Homogenization

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.06.019

start page

• 1008

end page

• 1014

volume

• 93

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.06.019