Journal:CARBON
Abstract:Carbon nanotube (CNT)/epoxy composites with controllable alignment of CNTs were fabricated by a resin transfer molding process. CNTs with loading up to 16.5 wt.% were homogenously dispersed and highly aligned in the epoxy matrix. Both mechanical and electrical properties of the CNT/epoxy composites were dramatically improved with the addition of the CNTs. The Young’s modulus and tensile strength of the composites reach 20.4 GPa and 231.5 MPa, corresponding to 716% and 160% improvement compared to pure epoxy. The electrical conductivity of the composites along the direction of the CNT...
First Author:Cheng, Qunfeng
Indexed by:Unit Twenty Basic Research
Correspondence Author:Wang, Jiaping
Document Type:J
Translation or Not:no
Date of Publication:2009-09-11