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Direct observation of polymer sheathing in carbon nanotube-polycarbonate composites
- Author(s)
- Ding, W, Eitan, A, Fisher, FT, Chen, X, Dikin, DA, Andrews, R, Brinson, LC, Schadler, LS, Ruoff, RS
- Issued Date
- 2003-11
- Citation
- NANO LETTERS, v.3, no.11, pp.1593 - 1597
- Abstract
- A series of observations of polymer sheathing in multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-polycarbonate composites are presented. This sheathing was observed in images of the composite fracture surface and is consistent with diameter distributions of the as-received and embedded MWCNTs. A novel nanomanipulation experiment, where the sheathing balls up when contacted by an AFM tip, confirms this phenomenon. This sheathing layer is direct evidence of substantial MWCNT-polymer interaction and will influence the mechanical properties of MWCNT-polymer composites.
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- ISSN
- 1530-6984
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