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Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Composites
Author(s) -
Shaffer Milo S. P.,
Windle Alan H.
Publication year - 1999
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(199908)11:11<937::aid-adma937>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , fabrication , vinyl alcohol , polymer , characterization (materials science) , composite material , nanotube , composite number , nanotechnology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Are nanotubes ideally suited to a straightforward reinforcing role? Results reported here indicate that that may not be the case, but they could find application as a polymer modifier. A successful route is described for the fabrication of large composite films containing carbon nanotubes based on the formation of a stable colloidal intermediate, a route that should be broadly applicable to a range of nanotube materials and polymers. The resulting thermo‐mechanical and electrical properties are discussed. While the stiffness of the composites at room temperature is rather low they show promise at high temperatures.