Mechanical properties of carbon nanotube-alumina nanocomposites synthesized by chemical vapor deposition and spark plasma sintering

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-93

  Zhang, T ^a   Kumari, Latha ^a   Du, G H ^a   Li, W Z ^a   Wang, Q W ^b   Balani, K ^c   Agarwal, A ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agiltron   (United States)

^c The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Mechanical properties; D. Electron Microscopy; E. Chemical vapor deposition

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC SPARKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; LOW PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMAS; SINTERED ALUMINA; SINTERING; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; VAPOR DEPOSITION; VAPORS; VICKERS HARDNESS;

A. NANO-STRUCTURES; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; D. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; E. CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SPARK PLASMAS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 57649217600     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Thostenson E., Ren T.Z., and Chou T.-W. Advances in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and their composites: a review. Compos Sci Technol 61 (2001) 1899-1912
2. Peigney A., Laurent Ch., Flahaut E., and Rousset A. Carbon nanotubes in novel ceramic matrix nanocomposites. Ceram Int 26 (2000) 677-683
3. Van Lier G., Van Alsenoy C., Van Doren V., and Geerlings P. Ab initio study of the elastic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene. Chem Phys Lett 326 (2000) 181-185
4. Treacy M.M.J., Ebbesen T.W., and Gibson J.M. Exceptionally high Young's modulus observed for individual carbon nanotubes. Nature 381 (1996) 678-680
5. Yu M.-F., Lourie O., Dyer M.J., Moloni K., Kelly T.F., and Ruoff R.S. Strength and breaking mechanism of multiwalled carbon nanotubes under tensile load. Science 287 (2000) 637-640
6. Thess A., Lee R., Nikolaev P., Dai H., Petit P., Robert J., et al. Crystalline ropes of metallic carbon nanotubes. Science 273 (1996) 483-487
7. Ando Y., Zhaoa X., Shimoyama H., Sakai G., and Kaneto K. Physical properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Int J Inorg Mater 1 (1999) 77-82
8. Biercuk M.J., Llaguno M.C., Radosavlijevic M., Hyun J.K., and Johnson A.T. Carbon nanotube composites for thermal management. Appl Phys Lett 80 (2002) 2767-2769
9. Baughman R.H., Zakhidov A.A., and de Heer W.A. Carbon nanotubes-the route toward applications. Science 297 (2000) 787-792
10. Prewo K.M. Fiber-reinforced ceramics: new opportunities for composite materials. Am Ceram Soc Bull 68 (1989) 395-400
11. Siegel R.W., Chang S.K., Ash B.J., Stone J., Ajayan P.M., Doremus R.W., et al. Mechanical behavior of polymer and ceramic matrix nanocomposites. Scripta Mater 44 (2001) 2061-2064
12. Ma R.Z., Wu J., Wei B.Q., Liang J., and Wu D.H. Processing and properties of carbon nanotubes-nano-SiC ceramic. J Mater Sci 33 (1998) 5243-5246
13. Zhan G.D., Kuntz J.D., Wan J., and Mukherjee A.K. Single-wall carbon nanotubes as attractive toughening agents in alumina-based nanocomposites. Nature Mater 2 (2003) 38-42
14. Laurent Ch., Peigney A., Dumortier O., and Rousset A. Carbon nanotubes-Fe-alumina nanocomposites. Part II: microstructure and mechanical properties of the hot-pressed composites. J Eur Ceram Soc 18 (1998) 2005-2013
15. Wang X., Padture N.P., and Tanaka H. Contact-damage-resistant ceramic/single-wall carbon nanotubes and ceramic/graphite composites. Nat Mater 3 (2004) 539-544
16. Balani K., Bakshi S.R., Chen Y., Laha T., and Agarwal A. Role of powder treatment and CNT dispersion in the fracture toughening of plasma-sprayed aluminum oxide-carbon nanotube ceramic nanocomposite. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 7 (2007) 3553-3562
17. Chen Y., Balani K., and Agarwal A. Modified Eshelby tensor modeling for elastic property prediction of carbon nanotube reinforced ceramic nanocomposites. Appl Phys Lett 91 (2007) 031903
18. Li W.Z., Wen J.G., Sennett M., and Ren Z.F. Clean double-walled carbon nanotubes synthesized by CVD. Chem Phys Lett 368 (2003) 299-306
19. Antis G.R., Chantikul P., Lawn B.R., and Marshall D.B. A critical evaluation of indentation techniques for measuring fracture toughness. I. Direct crack measurement. J Am Ceram Soc 64 (1981) 533-538
20. 2 matrix composites reinforced by carbon nanotube. Mater Sci Eng A 357 (2003) 392-396
21. An J.-W., and Lim D.-S. Effect of carbon nanotube additions on the microstructure of hot-pressed alumina. J Ceram Proc Res 3 (2002) 201-204
22. Flahaut E., Peigney A., Laurent Ch., Marlière C., Chastel F., and Rousset A. Carbon nanotube-metal-oxide nanocomposites: microstructure, electrical conductivity and mechanical properties. Acta Mater 48 (2000) 3803-3812
23. Balani K., Zhang T., Karakoti A., Li W.Z., Seal S., and Agarwal A. In situ carbon nanotube reinforcements in a plasma-sprayed aluminum oxide nanocomposite coating. Acta Mater 56 (2008) 571-579
24. Wichmann M.H.G., Sumflesh J., Fiedler B., Gojny F.H., and Schulte K. Multiwall carbon nanotube/epoxy composites produced by a masterbatch process. Mech Compos Mater 42 (2006) 395-406
25. Laurent Ch., and Rousset A. Metal-oxide ceramic matrix nanocomposites. Key Eng Mater 108-110 (1995) 405-422