Increased tensile strength of carbon nanotube yarns and sheets through chemical modification and electron beam irradiation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6120-6126

  Miller, Sandi G ^a   Williams, Tiffany S ^a   Baker, James S ^b   Solá, Francisco ^a   Lebron Colon, Marisabel ^a   McCorkle, Linda S ^a,d   Wilmoth, Nathan G ^c   Gaier, James ^a   Chen, Michelle ^a   Meador, Michael A ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^c Vantage Partners LLC   (United States)

^d OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; cross link; electron beam irradiation; focused ion beam; functionalization; tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; IRRADIATION; LOADING; MECHANICAL TESTING; MOLECULES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOL; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE YARNS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ELECTRON-BEAM IRRADIATIONS; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH-TENSILE STRENGTH; LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84900872280     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4058277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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