Carbon nanotube -polymers Subject

Carbon Nanotubes The first synthesis of polymer-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) was reported by Jin et al. [110b] in 2000. Since then, the number of papers on this subject has increased enormously. In most of these papers, the polymer grafting of MWNTs has been achieved by one of the already mentioned techniques grafting-from, grafting-to, and polymer reactions with functional groups at the nanotube surface. ... 

Cyclomatrix phosphazenes also can be used as a coating material on multi-walled carbon nanotubes. In this work, a cyclomatrix polymerization is performed in-situ with carbon nanotube. Once the reagents are combined, the solution is subjected to ultrasonic irradiation for 10 hours Once complete, the residues are filtered to remove soluble polymer and... 

On the other hand carbon nanotubes (CNT) have been the subject of extensive investigation due to their remarkable properties such as very high aspect ratio, excellent mechanical, electrical, optical and magnetic properties. To exploit the properties of carbon nanotubes, efficient exfoliation of the CNT bundles in the polymer matrix is a prerequisite. There are various methods aimed at efficient exfoliation of CNT either in polymer or solvent [7-10]. In addition, nanocomposites... 

Nofar M, Hoa SV, Pugh MD. Compos Sci Technol. 2009, 69, 1599-1606. Failure detection and monitoring in polymer matrix composites subjected to static and dynamic loads using carbon nanotube networks. 

Besides layered silicates, other nanoparticles, including carbon nanotubes [105-112], and nanoscale magnetites [113], have been used to make PLA nanocomposites. Recently, carbon nanotubes have been the subject of considerable attention due to their unique and remarkable physical and mechanical properties. These unique properties have led to a significant amount of research on utilizing CNTs as new reinforcement in polymer composites. 

In this review we shall focus on some of these new forms of solid carbon. The emphasis is on the physical properties of electrically conducting fullerides, fulleride polymers and nanotubes, but the neutral fullerene polymers, dimers and onion-like structures are also included for completeness. This paper is by no means a review of all important work in the domain. We fully realize that in choosing the material we had to be subjective and we selected material best known to us. A few other short reviews have been published recently on fullerene polymers on the optical properties of polymeric fullerenes [15] and on the physical properties of conducting fullerenes [16,17]. There are extensive recent reviews on the pressure and heat induced polymers [18]. We did not include in the paper the physical and chemical properties of alkali fullerides with variously charged monomer ions. These are the subject of other reviews and are described in detail in a recent monograph [19]. In particular, there are comprehensive reviews [20,21] on experiments and theories aimed at the understanding of the mechanism of superconductivity. 

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