Abstract
Two methods are described for experimental determination of interfacial strengths of carbon nanotubes (CNT) in a polymer matrix. These SPM‐based techniques allow real‐time monitoring of the dynamics of a single pullout event. A comparison and contrast of these different techniques is presented here. Correlations found with the tube diameter give insights as to the nature of the CNT‐polymer interaction.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | AIP Conference Proceedings |
| Pages | 580-587 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Volume | 696 |
| Edition | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 18 Dec 2003 |
Publication series
| Series | International Conference On Physics Of Emerging Functional Materials (Pefm-2010) |
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| ISSN | 0094-243X |
Funding
This project was supported by the (CNT) Thematic European network on “Carbon Nanotubes for Future Industrial Composites” (EU), the G. M. J. Schmidt Minerva Centre of Supramolecular Architectures, and by the Israeli Academy of Science. H.D.Wagner is the recipient of the Livio Norzi Professorial Chair. The authors are very grateful to Dr. Arnold Lustiger at ExxonMobil for useful discussion and providing the polyethylene-butene, and Konstantin Gartsman at the Weizmann Electron Microscopy Unit for his assistance with the ESEM.