Mechanical properties of vapor-grown carbon fiber

Jacobsen, Ronald L.; Tritt, T. M.; Guth, J.R.; Ehrlich, A. C.; Gillespie, D. J.

doi:10.1016/0008-6223(95)00057-k

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“…More detailed discussion on determining the inner diameter is presented in the supporting information. The extracted Young's modulus is in agreement with the previous theoretical prediction7, 8 and experimental measurements9–13 on a single CNT grown by the traditional methods. More details about the mechanical test procedure and calculation of the Young's modulus are also available in the supporting information.…”

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“…Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a one‐dimensional material which has attracted tremendous research interest due to the exceptional electrical,1, 2 thermal3–6 and mechanical7–13 properties in the longitudinal direction. Varieties of applications have been proposed to use CNTs in different fields such as electronics,14 photonics,15 chemistry,16 biology17 and their inter‐disciplinaries 18–20.…”

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Templated Growth of Covalently Bonded Three‐Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Networks Originated from Graphene

Carlberg

Lindahl

et al. 2012

Advanced Materials

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Templated Growth of Covalently Bonded Three‐Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Networks Originated from Graphene

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Lindahl

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Advanced Materials

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“…VGCFs are known to exhibit high stiffness and strength. The combination of high strength, low weight, and high aspect ratio distinguishes them from other types of carbon fibers and reinforcements 12, 13. These favorable properties make them attractive for use in polymer matrix composites.…”

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Nanofiber‐reinforced polymers prepared by fused deposition modeling

Shofner

Lozano²,

Rodríguez-Macías

et al. 2003

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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Vapor-grown carbon fibers (VGCFs), a practical model nanofiber for single-walled carbon nanotubes, were combined with an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymer to create a composite material for use with fused deposition modeling (FDM). Continuous filament feedstock materials were extruded from Banbury mixed composites with a maximum composition of 10 wt % nanofibers. Issues of dispersion, porosity, and fiber alignment were studied. SEM images indicated that the VGCFs were well dispersed and evenly distributed in the matrix and that no porosity existed in the composite material following FDM processing. VGCFs aligned both in the filament feedstock and in the FDM traces suggested that nanofibers, in general, can be aligned through extrusion/shear processing. The feedstock materials were processed into test specimens for mechanical property comparisons with unfilled ABS. The VGCF-filled ABS swelled less than did the plain ABS at similar processing conditions due to the increased stiffness. The tensile strength and modulus of the VGCF-filled ABS increased an average of 39 and 60%, respectively, over the unfilled ABS. Storage modulus measurements from dynamic mechanical analysis indicated that the stiffness increased 68%. The fracture behavior of the composite material indicated that the VGCFs act as restrictions to the chain mobility of the polymer.

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“…Recent years have noted a growing interest in carbon nanofibre (CNF), due to its excellent chemical, physical, and mechanical properties (Jacobsen et al, 1995). Therefore, CNF has been used as composite reinforcement fibre within polymer and ceramic matrices in order to take advantage of these characteristics (Maensiri et al, 2007).…”

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