Clothing polymer fibers with well-aligned and high-aspect ratio carbon nanotubes

• Main Authors: Sun, Gengzhi, Zheng, Lianxi, An, Jia, Pan, Yongzheng, Zhou, Jinyuan, Zhan, Zhaoyao, Pang, John Hock Lye, Chua, Chee Kai, Leong, Kah Fai, Li, Lin
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Dispersions; Carbon nanotubes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81931; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41052
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

It is believed that the crucial step towards preparation of electrical conductive polymer–carbon nanotube (CNT) composites is dispersing CNTs with a high length-to-diameter aspect ratio in a well-aligned manner. However, this process is extremely challenging when dealing with long and entangled CNTs...