TY - JOUR
T1 - On the fate of carbon nanotubes
T2 - Morphological characterisations
AU - Loos, Joachim
AU - Grossiord, Nadia
AU - Koning, Cor E.
AU - Regev, Oren
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are thankful to the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI) for the financial support of DPI project # 416. Moreover, we thank Ton Peijs and Lan Lu for providing the sample described in Fig. 6 a, and Stijn Brand for some help with the AFM investigation.
PY - 2007/4/1
Y1 - 2007/4/1
N2 - Single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs and MWNTs) were characterised as-produced, after exfoliation and purification, and imbedded in the polymer matrix of nanocomposites by using various microscopic techniques. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) shows thickness distribution as well as catalyst presence of as-produced carbon nanotubes (CNTs); scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) are helpful tools to better understand the influence of post-treatment during exfoliation and purification, e.g. on the length distribution of CNTs; and finally SEM operated in charge contrast mode offers the potential to monitor the organisation of CNT networks in the polymer matrix of conductive nanocomposites.
AB - Single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs and MWNTs) were characterised as-produced, after exfoliation and purification, and imbedded in the polymer matrix of nanocomposites by using various microscopic techniques. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) shows thickness distribution as well as catalyst presence of as-produced carbon nanotubes (CNTs); scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) are helpful tools to better understand the influence of post-treatment during exfoliation and purification, e.g. on the length distribution of CNTs; and finally SEM operated in charge contrast mode offers the potential to monitor the organisation of CNT networks in the polymer matrix of conductive nanocomposites.
KW - Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
KW - Carbon nanotubes
KW - Conductive nanocomposites
KW - Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
KW - Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.12.029
DO - 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.12.029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33846307791
SN - 0266-3538
VL - 67
SP - 783
EP - 788
JO - Composites Science and Technology
JF - Composites Science and Technology
IS - 5
ER -