Carbon nanotubes /polymer composites electrospinning

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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are highly desirable materials possessing unique structural, mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties [25-30], Electrospun nanotube-polymer composite nanofibers are very attractive materials for a wide range of applications. This is due to the fact that the use of the electrospinning technique to incorporate CNTs in polymer nanofibers induces ahgnment of nanotubes within the nanofiber structure, which could greatly enhance the mechanical, electrical and thermal properties of composite fibers. " ... 

It has been established that electrospinning a polymer solution containing well-dispersed carbon nanotubes leads to nanocomposite fibers with the embedded carbon nanotubes oriented parallel to the nanofiber axis due to the large shear forces in a fast fiber-drawing process. Table 1 lists most of the polymer/CNT composite nanofibers produced by electrospining, along with their fiber diameters and tensile properties. 

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