Functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes for enhancement of thermomechanical properties of dielectric epoxies

• Main Author: Baudot, Jacques Desire Charles
• Other Authors: Tan Cher Ming
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Electronic packaging; DRNTU::Engineering::Nanotechnology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/46545
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis consists of a feasibility study on the use of carbon nanotubes as fillers in epoxy resins. The study is oriented towards the fabrication of epoxy composites that are both mechanically robust and thermally conductive. The specificity of this work is to evaluate the effects of functionaliz...