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Hierarchical Structure of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

Hierarchical Structure of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers. Dale W. Schaefer, Jian Zhao Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012 Janis Brown, Dave Anderson, Max Alexander, Liz Donaldson, Lindsay Richardson and Jeff Baur

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Hierarchical Structure of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

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  1. Hierarchical Structure of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers Dale W. Schaefer, Jian Zhao Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012 Janis Brown, Dave Anderson, Max Alexander, Liz Donaldson, Lindsay Richardson and Jeff Baur Air Force Research Laboratory Dayton, Ohio Jan Ilavsky National Institutes of Standards and Technology UNICAT Advanced Photon Source Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, IL 60439

  2. 300 nm Multi-walled Nanofibers Single-walled Nanotubes MWNF SWNT TEM comparing MWNFs (left) and SWNTs (right). Note the branched polymer character of the SWNTs. The SWNTs are clustered into “ropes” that are not disrupted upon water suspension. Images are from Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

  3. 3000 Å Scattering from Nanotubes

  4. Short-Scale Structure (dried suspension) Hard Particle Diameter = 2.4 x RG = 4.3 nm= 43 Å Too small? As Received (dirty)

  5. 1.2 µ ASI Nanofibers Light Light +USAXS+SAXS Surface roughness?

  6. Large-Scale Structure of Suspended SWNTs and MWNFs SWNT Fractal Structure MWNF Rod-like Structure Comparison of Small-angle Light scattering from nanotubes and nanofibers.Dispersing agents of PMAA, PSSO3 and PAAHCl were used to assist dispersion in water.

  7. SWNT Aggregates are Very Robust Sonication has little effect on Large Scale Structure of SWNTs Reciprocal space data on SWNTs dispersed in water with polystyrene sulfonate and polymethylacrylic acid.. The data is from a Micromeritics Digisizer.

  8. Stress-Strain Data SWNT/PU

  9. Dynamic Mechanical Properties Strain Softening

  10. Loading Dependence (MWNTs in PU) Align De network Loss Modulus

  11. + - - - + + + + - - Dispersion Strategies: Polyelectrolyte coatings Generic Colloid

  12. Nanofiber -Polyelectrolyte Dispersion in PU Nanafibers dispersion Polyelectrolyte-Modified Particles Nanoparticle/polyurethane composite film

  13. Mechanical Properties of Coated Nanofiber/PU Composites Comparison of DMA data from uncoated, one layer and two layers coated 15wt% nanotubes PU films. The loss as Tan delta (lower three curves) is plotted on the right axis. The legend in the figure indicates the strain sweep sequence. These samples were all swept three times.

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