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Bioinspired Layered Composites Based on Flattened Double‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Cheng Qunfeng,
Li Mingzhu,
Jiang Lei,
Tang Zhiyong
Publication year - 2012
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.201200179
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , composite material , epoxy , microstructure , composite number , nano
Inspired by the layered hierarchical nano‐ and microstructures of natural nacre , flattened double‐walled carbon nanotube (FDWCNT) reinforced epoxy composites are fabricated. Impressively, the prepared composites exhibit layered structures analogous to nacre, and the FDWCNT loading can reach 70 wt%, which results in superior mechanical properties that evidently outperform other existing materials.