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Carbon Nanotubes with Temperature‐Invariant Creep and Creep‐Recovery from −190 to 970 °C
Author(s) -
Xu Ming,
Futaba Don N.,
Yumura Motoo,
Hata Kenji
Publication year - 2011
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/adma.201101412
Subject(s) - creep , materials science , carbon nanotube , viscoelasticity , silicone rubber , polymer , composite material
A viscoelastic carbon nanotube (CNT) material has been created that shows creep recovery, similar to silicone rubber, from –190 to 970 °C where polymers breakdown. Excellent thermal resistance is demonstrated by sequential creep recovery tests across extreme temperatures and interpreted to originate from the contacts among the non‐aligned, unbundled CNTs.