TY - GEN
T1 - Electric field-assisted processing of anisotropic polymer nanocomposites
AU - Banda, Sumanth
AU - Ounaies, Zoubeida
PY - 2008/5/30
Y1 - 2008/5/30
N2 - The performance of nanocomposites is affected by dispersion and patterning of the nanoinclusions in the polymer matrix. In this work, electrical and mechanical properties of single wall carbon nanotube polymer composites are tailored using AC electric fields. While the electric field is applied, the polymer is cured to freeze-in the alignment. The specific objectives are: to achieve efficient dispersion of the nanoinclusions in the polymer solutions; to investigate the alignment in liquid polymers in terms of electric field magnitude and frequency; and to quantify the alignment using electrical characterization in the liquid state and mechanical characterization in the solid state.
AB - The performance of nanocomposites is affected by dispersion and patterning of the nanoinclusions in the polymer matrix. In this work, electrical and mechanical properties of single wall carbon nanotube polymer composites are tailored using AC electric fields. While the electric field is applied, the polymer is cured to freeze-in the alignment. The specific objectives are: to achieve efficient dispersion of the nanoinclusions in the polymer solutions; to investigate the alignment in liquid polymers in terms of electric field magnitude and frequency; and to quantify the alignment using electrical characterization in the liquid state and mechanical characterization in the solid state.
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2007-44017
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2007-44017
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:44349149834
SN - 0791843076
SN - 9780791843079
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
SP - 271
EP - 275
BT - Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2007
T2 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2007
Y2 - 11 November 2007 through 15 November 2007
ER -