Effective Stiffness of Nanotube-Reinforced Polymers

CHAPTER 3: NANOTUBE WAVINESS AND THE EFFECTIVE MODULUS OF NANOTUBE-REINFORCED POLYMERS Introduction

Chapter 4: Viscoelastic Behavior of Carbon Nanotube-reinforced Polymers

Fiber waviness in nanotube-reinforced polymer composites—I: Modulus predictions using effective nanotube properties

Results in the literature demonstrate that substantial improvements in the mechanical behavior of polymers have been attained through the addition of small amounts of carbon nanotubes as a reinforcing phase. This suggests the possibility of new, extremely lightweight carbon nanotube-reinforced polymers with mechanical properties comparable to those of traditional carbon-fiber composites. Motiva...

Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Polymers

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Macroscale Experimental Evidence of a Reduced- Mobility Non-bulk Polymer Phase in Nanotube- Reinforced Polymers

Because of their outstanding physical properties, the use of carbon nanotubes within a polymer matrix has been proposed as a means to fabricate multifunctional composite materials with outstanding mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. To date, experimental work studying the mechanical response of a nanotube reinforced polymer (NRP) has typically focused on the effective elastic modulu...