Tunable mechanical properties of layer-by-layer self-assembled carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposite membranes for M/NEMS

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 185, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-108

  Zhang, Dongzhi ^a,b   Cui, Tianhong ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Layer by layer (LbL) self assembly; Mechanical characterization; Nanocomposite film; Single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION THICKNESS; FUNCTIONALIZED; HALPIN-TSAI MODEL; HIGH STRENGTH; LASER VIBROMETERS; LAYER BY LAYER SELF ASSEMBLY; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MIXTURE MODEL; NANO SCALE; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; NEMS DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC EXCITATION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RANDOM NETWORK; RANGE-BASED; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SEQUENTIAL DEPOSITION; STRUCTURE PROPERTY; TUNABILITIES; WELL-DISPERSED; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BENCHMARKING; ELASTIC MODULI; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LOADING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84865575544     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2012.05.050     Document Type: Article

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