A theoretical evaluation of the effects of carbon nanotube entanglement and bundling on the structural and mechanical properties of buckypaper

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1793-1806

  Li, Ying ^a   Kröger, Martin ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION ENERGY; BUCKYPAPER; DOUBLE-WALLED CNT; ENTANGLEMENT NETWORKS; INITIAL STRUCTURES; POISSON'S RATIO; RANDOM WALK; SINGLE-WALLED; STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURAL FORMATION; THEORETICAL EVALUATION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ADHESION; CARBON NANOTUBES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PORE SIZE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856722897     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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