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Highly Concentrated 3D Macrostructure of Individual Carbon Nanotubes in a Ceramic Environment
Author(s) -
Estili Mehdi,
Kawasaki Akira,
Sakka Yoshio
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.201201134
Subject(s) - ceramic , materials science , carbon nanotube , nanotechnology , scalability , carbon fibers , composite material , computer science , composite number , database
A highly concentrated 3D macrostructure of individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) is practically realized in a ceramic environment with poreless/intimate interfaces by a scalable aqueous colloidal approach. This concept dramatically improves not only the transport property and network connectivity of the MWCNT 3D macrostructures (a DC‐conductivity of nearly 5000 S m −1 ) but also the strain tolerance of the ceramic environment. Such low‐cost and novel MWCNT/ceramic hybrids have many potential functional and structural applications.