Effect of nanotube waviness on the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube-based composites

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Sensors and actuators based on carbon nanotubes and their composites: A review (2008, background): “Nanotube waviness also has a role in influencing the percolation and electrical conductivity of composites [5, 6 ]. Waviness is a prevailing feature of carbon nanotubes in composites.”
Multifunctional properties of high volume fraction aligned carbon nanotube polymer composites with controlled morphology (2009, background): “There are clearly differences in electrical conductivity due to CNT features, especially distribution, degree of alignment, CNT–CNT and CNT–polymer interactions and hopping or tunneling behavior [50–52], but also differences due to the polymer and test methods (particularly surface resistivity testi”
Micromechanics modeling of the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube (CNT)–polymer nanocomposites (2013, background): “It is well accepted that for CNT dispersed composites, CNTs in the composites are usually not straight but rather have a certain degree of waviness mainly due to their large aspect ratio and low bending stiffness (Shaffer and Windle, 1999; Qian et al., 2000; Li et al., 2008).”
A review of recent research on mechanics of multifunctional composite materials and structures (2010, unknown): “[53], who used Monte Carlo simulations to show that the electrical conductivity of composites with wavy nanotubes is less than that of composites with straight nanotubes.”