Open AccessLDRD final report on carbon nanotube composites
Author(s) -
Paul A. Cahill,
P.B. Rand
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/469192
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , composite material , nanotube , electrical resistivity and conductivity , focus (optics) , conductivity , nanotechnology , chemistry , physics , optics , electrical engineering , engineering
Carbon nanotubes and their composites were examined using computational and experimental techniques in order to modify the mechanical and electrical properties of resins. Single walled nanotubes were the focus of the first year effort; however, sufficient quantities of high purity single walled nanotubes could not be obtained for mechanical property investigations. The unusually high electrical conductivity of composites loaded with <1% of multiwalled nanotubes is useful, and is the focus of continuing, externally funded, research