CNT mechanical Properties

The theoretical efforts in simulation of CNT mechanical properties can be categorized in three groups as follow ... 

It is ultimately the properties demonstrated in the CNT composites that will determine the material s utility, while its proliferation will be determined by cost. The promise of a new class of high-performance composite materials, given the magnitude of CNT mechanical properties, remains. Selected experimental results can be used to highlight CNT-polymer composite properties, their relation to processing (dispersion, concentration, orientation), CNT type, and various matrix polymers. 

Thus, the obtained in the present work results have shown that the nanotubes geometry, characterized by their length, diameter and ring-like structures radius, is nanocomposites polymer/CNT specific feature. This factor plays a crucial role in the interfaeial adhesion polymer matrix - nanofiller level determination and, as consequence, in polymer nanocomposites, filled with CNT, mechanical properties formation. 

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