Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Rubber Mixtures filled by Carbon Nanotubes

Dynamic mechanical behavior of filled rubber at small strains

Synopsis The strain and temperature dependence of the dynamic properties of rubber containing various concentrations of carbon black were characterized. The measurements, obtained at lower strain amplitudes ( ~10~‘) than previous studies, indicate that flocculation of the carbon black particles, and the enhanced modulus and damping effected by it, are likely existent prior to any deformation. T...

Boron-Filled Hybrid Carbon Nanotubes

A unique nanoheterostructure, a boron-filled hybrid carbon nanotube (BHCNT), has been synthesized using a one-step chemical vapor deposition process. The BHCNTs can be considered to be a novel form of boron carbide consisting of boron doped, distorted multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) encapsulating boron nanowires. These MWCNTs were found to be insulating in spite of their graphitic layered...

Liquid crystal-carbon nanotubes mixtures.

The self-organizing properties of nematic liquid crystals (LCs) can be used to align carbon nanotubes (CNTs) dispersed in them. In the previous paper [P. van der Schoot, V. Popa-Nita, and S. Kralj, J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 4512 (2008)], we have considered the weak anchoring limit of the nematic LC molecules at the nanotube's surface, where the CNT alignment is caused by the anisotropic interfacial...

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