Accession Number:

ADA478577

Title:

Covalent Percolation and Gold Templating of Carbon NanoTubes Network in Polymer Nanocomposites for Novel Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical Properties. Taiwain - US AFOSR Nanoscience Initiative

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Jul 2006-30 Jun 2007

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIV HSINCHU (TAIWAN) DEPT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Yang, Arnold C.

Report Date:

2008-03-26

Pagination or Media Count:

71.0

Abstract:

The interactions between individual polymer chains with embedded carbon nanotubes CNTs in nanocomposites were investigated by using two model polymer systems, polystyrene and polyphenylene oxide representing respectively the ductile and brittle polymers, with surface-grafted multiwalled CNTs.

Descriptors:

• *OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• *MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• *ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
• *PERCOLATION
• *CARBON NANOTUBES
• POLYMERS
• OXIDES
• DUCTILITY
• POLYPHENYLENES
• TAIWAN
• EMBEDDING
• BRITTLENESS
• COMPOSITE MATERIALS
• POLYSTYRENE

Subject Categories:

• Refractory Fibers
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Optics
• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE