Nanomaterials properties Thermal

Electrospun nanofibres still represent a relatively new class of advanced nanomaterials. It is desirable to consider not only the possibility of their preparation and applications but also their detailed characterisation and properties. Despite the difficulty in obtaining single nanofibres, their characterisation is also a tough task to achieve. Various features of electropsun nanofibres have been characterised, such as their morphological structure, mechanical properties, thermal behaviour, as well as chemical and electrical properties. 

Si-C formation technique with hydrogen-terminated silicon substrates can also be used as the covalent attachment of nanomaterials onto silicon surface. The possibility of assembling nanomaterials in order is strongly desired in order to enable efficient utilization of their unique nano-sized properties. Ordered arranging and position controlling of nanomaterials on solid substrates especially on silicon surface have been intensively studied [10]. In this manuscript, the nanoparticle immobilization by thermal Si-C formation will be discussed [11]. 

The addition of specific nanomaterials can result in significant changes and improvements in thermal properties of polymer composites. In the next section we review some of the principal thermal properties that are affected by introducing nanomaterials in polymer matrices in order to form composites. 

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as one of the most interesting nanomaterials during the past decade [212], The unique structural, mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties [213, 214] of these long hollow cylinders, along... 

In recent years, we have seen an explosive interest in nanomaterials, in particular in nanofibers, nanofilaments, and nanotubes of the very different chemical composition. The interest arises from the specific mechanical and physicochemical properties of these nano objects, which allow them to be used, for example, as specific adsorbents, catalyst supports, reinforcing components of composite materials, and so on. The most cited generic types of nanomaterials are carbon nanofilaments and nanotubes. Numerous methods for preparing these carbon materials are known. However, the simplest method seems to be thermal pyrolysis of various carbon contain ing precursors (e.g., carbon monoxide, saturated and unsaturated hydro carbons, etc.) in the presence of special catalysts that are typically nanosized particles of nickel, cobalt, iron metals, or their alloys with different metals. 

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