Load transfer and deformation mechanisms in carbon nanotube-polystyrene composites

By D. Qian, E. Dickey, R. Andrews, T. Rantell. 2000

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Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Pollution

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Square representative volume elements for evaluating the effective material properties of carbon nanotube-based composites (2004, background): “It has been demonstrated that with only 1% (by weight) of CNTs added in a matrix material, the stiffness of a resulting composite film can increase between 36% and 42% and the tensile strength by 25% [3].”
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