Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites

✍ Scribed by Dimitrios Tasis, Paul O'Brien, Ralph Nuzzo, Harry Kroto, Chao Gao, Jin Han, Yurii Gun'ko, Jian Chen, Sang-ha Hwang, In-Yup Jeon, Young-Bin Park, Jong-Beom Baek, Yumeng Shi, Lain-Jong Li, Luca Valentini, Debora Puglia, Jose M Kenny, Kenneth N Tackett II, Parambath Anilkumar, Ya-Ping Sun, Kostas Papagelis, Beate Krause, Petra Potschke, Gudrun Petzold, Mandy Mende, Regine Boldt

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 292
• Series: RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Chemically-modified carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit a wide range of physical and chemical properties which makes them an attractive starting material for the preparation of super-strong and highly-conductive fibres and films. Much information is available across the primary literature, making it difficult to obtain an overall picture of the state-of-the-art. This volume brings together some of the leading researchers in the field from across the globe to present the potential these materials have, not only in developing and characterising novel materials but also the devices which can be fabricated from them. Topics featured in the book include Raman characterisation, industrial polymer materials, actuators and sensors and polymer reinforcement, with chapters prepared by highly-cited authors from across the globe. A valuable handbook for any academic or industrial laboratory, this book will appeal to newcomers to the field and established researchers alike.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Conducting Polymer-based Carbon Nanotube Composites: Preparation and Applications......Page 14
Actuators and Infrared Sensors Based on Carbon Nanotube– Polymer Composites......Page 35
Photoelectrical Responses of Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Composites......Page 64
Chemical Functionalisation of Carbon Nanotubes for Polymer Reinforcement......Page 85
Polymer-grafted Carbon Nanotubes via ‘‘Grafting From’’ Approach......Page 133
Metallic Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Electrically Conductive Materials and Devices......Page 195
Characterization of Dispersability of Industrial Nanotube Materials and their Length Distribution Before and After Melt Processing......Page 225
Methods for Improving the Integration of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Polymers......Page 247
Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Hybrid Materials......Page 266
Subject Index......Page 283