Polymer-Mediated Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes under High Magnetic Fields

✍ Scribed by H. Garmestani; M.S. Al-Haik; K. Dahmen; R. Tannenbaum; D. Li; S.S. Sablin; M.Y. Hussaini

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 283 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0935-9648
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.200304932

✦ Synopsis

Alignment of single‐walled carbon nanotubes in a bulk epoxy matrix (see Figure) has been achieved through the processing of the composite inside a high magnetic field (15–25 T). The self‐organization of the epoxy chains inside the magnetic field mediated the reorientation process of the single‐walled carbon nanotubes. The alignment becomes more pronounced as a function of the magnetic field strength.