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Wetting of Single Shell Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Dujardin Erik,
Ebbesen Thomas W.,
Krishnan Ajit,
Treacy Michael M. J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199812)10:17<1472::aid-adma1472>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , wetting , composite material , shell (structure) , mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , nanotube , composite number
Carbon nanotubes have two major assets for potential technological applications: their electronic properties and their extremely high mechanical strength, which make them excellent components of composites. Essential for such composites is the existence of favorable surface interactions between the nanotubes and the host matrix. The wetting properties of single shell nanotubes (see micrograph in Figure) are presented.