Fabrication and Upsetting of Al6061 Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite with Carbon Nanotube Reinforcement

Study of composite joint strength with carbon nanotube reinforcement

Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Composite Microtrusses

Metallic foams and periodic cellular structures have been investigated widely for energy absorption, thermal management, vibration damping, and structural load support applications [1, 2]. Periodic microtruss geometries, which comprise angled solid members that connect at node points, have been of interest because careful control of their geometry and periodicity [3-5] enables high stiffness, s...

Effect of Spark Plasma Sintering in Fabricating Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composite Materials

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are attractive next generation materials due to their unique properties, which lead to high mechanical, electrical, and thermal performance (Iijima, 1991; Endo et al., 1976; Niyogi et al., 2002; Komarov & Mirnov, 2004). This unique nano order material can not only be utilized on its own in precision industrial fields but can also provide high performance functionality in ...

Rubber/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite with Hyperelastic Matrix

An elastomer is a polymer with the property of viscoelasticity, generally having notably low Young's modulus and high yield strain compared with other materials.  Elastomers, in particular rubbers, are used in a wide variety of products ranging from rubber hoses, isolation bearings, and shock absorbers to tires. Rubber has good properties and is thermal and electrical resistant. We used carbon ...

Fabrication of one-dimensional Ag/multiwalled carbon nanotube nano-composite

Composite made of multiwalled carbon nanotubes coated with silver was fabricated by an electroless deposition process. The thickness of silver layer is about 40 to 60 nm, characterized as nano-crystalline with (111) crystal orientation along the nanotube's axial direction. The characterization of silver/carbon nanotube [Ag/CNT] nanowire has shown the large current carrying capability, and the e...