Functionalized Carbon-Nanotube Sheet/Bismaleimide Nanocomposites: Mechanical and Electrical Performance Beyond Carbon-Fiber Composites

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. 763 - 767
• Main Authors: Cheng, Qunfeng, Wang, Ben, Zhang, Chuck, Liang, Zhiyong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 22.03.2010; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Alignment; Bismaleimides; Carbon fiber reinforced plastics; carbon nanotubes; carbon nanotubes, conductivity; conductivity; Elastic Modulus; Electricity; functionalization; Maleimides - chemistry; Materials Testing; Mechanical Phenomena; mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Nanocomposites - chemistry; Nanotubes, Carbon - chemistry; Polymer matrix composites; Reinforcement; Resistivity; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; Tensile Strength; Transition Temperature; Weight reduction

Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been considered as the next‐generation reinforcement materials to potentially replace conventional carbon fibers for producing super‐high‐performance lightweight composites. Herein, it is reported that sheets of millimeter‐long multi‐walled...