Failure mechanism of the polymer infiltration of carbon nanotube forests

Nanotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 46, 2016, Pages

  Buchheim, Jakob ^a   Park, Hyung Gyu ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

agglomeration of a macroscale bunch; capillarity induced lateral attraction force; confined polymer chain; failure mechanism; irreversible distortion of nanotubes; polymer melt infiltration; vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CAPILLARITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; MANUFACTURE; POLYMER MELTS; YARN;

AGGLOMERATION OF A MACROSCALE BUNCH; ATTRACTION FORCE; CAPILLARITY-INDUCED LATERAL ATTRACTION FORCE; CONFINED POLYMER CHAIN; CONFINED POLYMERS; FAILURE MECHANISM; IRREVERSIBLE DISTORTION OF NANOTUBE; MACROSCALES; MELT INFILTRATION; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER MELT INFILTRATION; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84992503571     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/46/464002     Document Type: Article

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