Joint Effect of Small Additives of Carbon Nanoparticles of Different Morphologies on the Mechanical Characteristics of Cross-Linked Polyurethanes under Static and Dynamic Loads

Technical Physics - Influence of small additives of fullerene, graphene oxide, and their combinations in the ratio of 85 : 15 on the structure and mechanical properties of...     

Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Epoxy/Carbon Fiber Composites Reinforced with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes

Multi-scale hybrid composite laminates of epoxy/carbon fiber (CF) reinforced with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were fabricated in an autoclave. For laminate fabrication, 0.5 wt% of pristine MWCNTs or silane-functionalized MWNCTs (f-MWCNTs) were dispersed into a diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A epoxy system and applied on the woven carbon fabric. The neat epoxy/CF composite and the MWCNTs-reinforced epoxy/CF hybrid composites were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), thermomechanical analysis (TMA), tensile testing, and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). A significant improvement in initial decomposition temperature and glass transition temperature of epoxy/CF composite was observed when reinforced with 0.5 wt% of f-MWCNTs. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), measured by TMA, diminished by 22% compared to the epoxy/CF composite, indicating an improvement in dimensional stability of the hybrid composite. No significant improvement in tensile properties of either MWCNTs/epoxy/CF composites was observed compared to those of the neat epoxy/CF composite.     

Synergistic Effect of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on the Flame Retardancy and the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Epoxy Resin

A novel polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane containing phosphorus and boron (PB-POSS) was synthesized. The resulting PB-POSS and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were incorporated into an epoxy resin (EP) to prepare PB-POSS/MWCNTs/EP composites through a solution mixing method. The synergistic effect of MWCNTs and PB-POSS on the thermal and mechanical properties and the flame retardancy of these flame retardant composites were studied. The experimental results showed that the introduction of PB-POSS or MWCNTs further improved the LOI values of the epoxy resin, and the highest LOI value (32.8%) was obtained for the formulation containing 14.6 wt% PB-POSS and 0.4 wt% MWCNTs. In addition, the incorporation of both PB-POSS and MWCNTs significantly improved the thermal and mechanical properties of the composites. The mechanical properties of composites containing 14.7 wt% PB-POSS and 0.3 wt% MWCNTs reached the maximum. The impact strength and flexural strength increased by 42% and 7%, respectively, compared to the neat epoxy resin. Thus, a combination of PB-POSS and MWCNTs in the appropriate ratio could effectively enhance the thermal and mechanical properties and the flame retardancy of the epoxy resin matrix.     

冲击载荷下土的动态力学性能研究

 利用分离式霍普金森压杆（Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar,SHPB）技术,研究了土体在不同应变率条件下的冲击动态力学性能,发现土体有明显的应变率效应,与静载相比,冲击载荷下土的动强度和动模量均有很大的提高。根据实验曲线的特征,以一根线性弹簧和两个不同松弛时间的Maxwell体并联的粘弹性模型来表达土体的损伤型粘弹性本构模型,两个Maxwell体分别表示土体的低应变率响应和高应变率响应,模型的数值拟合曲线与实测动态本构曲线具有较好的一致性。拟合参数表明,土体对低应变率的响应与混凝土相同,对高应变率的敏感性远远高于混凝土。     

A Comprehensive Numerical Investigation on the Mechanical Properties of Hetero-Junction Carbon Nanotubes

A set of forty-three hetero-junction CNTs, made of forty-four homogeneous carbon nanotubes of different chiralities and configurations with all possible hetero-connection types, were numerically simulated, based on the finite element method in a commercial finite element software and their Young's and shear moduli, and critical buckling loads were obtained and evaluated under the tensile, torsional and buckling loads with an assumption of linear elastic deformation and also compared with each other. The comparison of the linear elastic behavior of hetero-junction CNTs and their corresponding fundamental tubes revealed that the size, type of the connection, and the bending angle in the structure of hetero-junction CNTs considerably influences the mechanical properties of these hetero-structures. It was also discovered that the Stone-Wales defect leads to lower elastic and torsional strength of hetero-junction CNTs when compared to homogeneous CNTs. However, the buckling strength of the hetero-junction CNTs was found to lie in the range of the buckling strength of their corresponding fundamental tubes. It was also determined that the shear modulus of hetero-junction carbon nanotubes generally tends to be closer to the shear modulus of their wider fundamental tubes while critical buckling loads of these heterostructures seem to be closer to critical buckling loads of their thinner fundamental tubes. The evaluation of the elastic properties of hetero-junction carbon nanotubes showed that among the hetero-junction models, those with armchair-armchair and zigzag-zigzag kinks have the highest elastic modulus while the models with armchair-zigzag connections show the lowest elastic stiffness. The results from torsion tests also revealed the fact that zigzag-zigzag and armchair-zigzag hetero-junction carbon nanotubes have the highest and the lowest shear modulus, respectively. Finally, it was observed that the highest critical buckling loads belong to armchair-armchair hetero-junction carbon nanotubes and the lowest buckling strength was found with the hetero-junction models with armchair-zigzag connection.     

Effect of Carbon Nanotubes on the Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene/Wood Flour Composites: Reinforcement Mechanism

Maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (PP-g-MA) was employed as the compatibilizer and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or hydroxylated CNTs as reinforcements for polypropylene/wood flour composites. The results showed that when the PP-g-MA loading level was 10 wt%, the bending strength, tensile strength, Izod notched impact strength, and elongation at break of PP-wood composites were enhanced by 85% (66.3 MPa), 93% (33.7 MPa), 5.8% (2.01 kJ/m²), and 64% (23%), respectively, relative to the uncompatibilized composites. The introduction of pristine CNTs only improved slightly the overall mechanical properties of the compatibilized composites due to poor interfacial compatibility. Unlike CNTs, incorporating hydroxylated CNTs (CNT-OH) could significantly improve all of the mechanical properties; for instance, at 0.5 wt% CNT-OH loading, the flexural strength and tensile strength reached 68.5 MPa, and 40.4 MPa about 6.6% higher than that for the composites with the same CNT loading. Furthermore, CNT-OH also remarkably enhanced the storage modulus. Contact angle and morphology observations indicated that the increases in mechanical properties could be attributed to the improvements of interfacial interactions and adhesions of CNTs with the matrix and fillers.     

Thermal and Tensile Properties of Epoxy Nanocomposites Reinforced by Silane-functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Epoxy nanocomposites with unmodified multiwalled carbon nanotubes (u-MWCNTs) and silanized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (si-MWCNTs) were prepared by a cast molding method. The effects of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane functionalization of MWCNTs on thermal, tensile, and morphological properties of the nanocomposites were examined. The nanocomposites were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, and tensile testing. The results showed that epoxy composites based on si-MWCNTs showed better thermal stability, glass transition temperature, and tensile properties than the composites based on u-MWCNTs. These results prove the effect of silane functionalization on the interfacial adhesion between epoxy and MWCNTs. This was further confirmed by morphology study of fractured surfaces of nanocomposites by field emission scanning electron microscopy.     

结构和变形对单壁碳纳米管力学性能的影响

使用分子动力学方法模拟了单壁碳纳米管的拉伸变形行为和泊松比,并从单壁碳纳米管晶胞单元的结构特征角度,系统分析了管径、螺旋性和应变对力学性能的影响．模拟结果显示,单臂性碳纳米管(8,8)-(22,22)和锯齿性碳纳米管(9,0)-(29,0)的拉伸弹性变形可以分别达到35％-38％和20％-27％,拉伸条件下这些碳纳米管的弹性模量随管径的增大从960 GPa下降到750 GPa,并且锯齿性碳纳米管的弹性模量比单臂性碳纳米管的弹性模量要高．通过对三根具有相同直径和不同螺旋性的碳纳米管(9,9),(12,6)和(16,0)分别在拉伸和压缩条件下的模拟发现,随着变形的增大,碳纳米管的泊松比将减小;在相同的拉伸应变下,碳纳米管的泊松比随其螺旋角的减小而减小,而在相同的压缩应变下,碳纳米管的泊松比随其螺旋角的减小而增大．     

Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Amine Functionalized Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes Epoxy-Based Nanocomposite

This study is focused on fabrication and characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) reinforced epoxy composites to understand variation of mechanical and thermal properties. Samples were prepared by infusing both amine functionalized and non-functionalized MWCNT into commercially available EL-350 epoxy resin. Flexure, quasi-static compression and high strain rate (HSR) tests were performed with 0.1%, 0.2% and 0.3% of MWCNTs to observe variation in mechanical properties. The optimum loading was found at 0.2%. Nanocomposites with amine functionalized MWCNTs showed better properties compared to that with unmodified MWCNTs. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis was performed to confirm an improvement in dispersion with functionalization. Thermal properties were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).     

Electrical and Mechanical Properties of the High-Permittivity Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene-Based Composite Modified by Carbon Nanotubes

Technical Physics - A composite based on ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) added with 1 wt % of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with a high permittivity (ε = 4.5) and a...     

Electric Modulus Spectroscopic Studies of the Dielectric Properties of Carbon Nanotubes/Epoxy Polymer Composite Materials

The electrical properties of epoxy polymer/carbon nanotubes composites were characterized using impedance spectroscopy in the frequency range between 1 Hz and 10 MHz and temperature range between 25°C and 105°C. We report the analysis of the experimental data using the electric modulus formalisms to understand the dielectric relaxation mechanisms. The variation of the real and imaginary parts of the electric modulus versus frequency and temperature were suggestive of two relaxation processes, associated with dipolar relaxation and CNT-polymer interfaces. The Havriliak-Negami model of dielectric relaxation was used for modelling the relaxation processes, extracting the relaxation parameters.     

The Influence of the Cobalt Content on the Strength Properties of Tungsten Carbide Ceramics under Dynamic Loads

Based on the registration and analysis of the full wave profiles, the Hugoniot elastic limit and spall strength of ceramics based on tungsten carbide with different cobalt content are measured. We also study the influence of the cobalt content on the mechanical characteristics of tungsten carbide such as hardness, fracture strength, Young’s modulus, shear modulus, and sound velocity. It is shown that in the process of spalling, the failure stresses grow and the dynamic elastic limit decreases almost linearly within the scatter of their values with growing cobalt content; moreover, the value of the Hugoniot elastic limit is abruptly practically halved as the cobalt content grows from 0 to 2 wt %.     

Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Polyamide 6/Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Blends Containing Carbon Nanotubes

The blends of polyamide 6/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PA6/ABS), with added styrene-maleic acid copolymer (SMA) compatibilizer, were prepared through melt mixing in an internal mixer. The effects of blend composition and various process conditions, as well as the addition of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) to the blends, on the morphology and mechanical properties were investigated. The morphology of the blends and blend nanocomposites were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and analyzed using an image analysis technique. The mechanical behavior of the blends was investigated by tensile and also impact testing. The results showed that the blend composition as well as the processing conditions significantly affected the morphology and mechanical properties of the PA6/ABS blends. Among the various compositions, the blend with 36?wt.% of ABS and 4?wt.% of SMA compatibilizer exhibited the best mechanical properties. Comparing various speeds and times of mixing, it was found that less mixing speed and longer mixing times resulted in the favorable morphology and conditions for achievement of the desired toughness for the polyamide 6. By adding different amounts of MWCNTs to the blends, it was found that the presence of the carbon nanotubes changed the viscosity of the resulting nanocomposite and thus changed the morphology. These nanocomposites also showed an improvement in mechanical properties. The MWCNTs acted as a second compatibilizer, resulting in a synergistic effect on the mechanical properties of the PA6/ABS blend nanocomposites.     

Mechanical Properties of Single-Walled （5,5） Carbon Nanotubes with Vacancy Defects

First-principles simulation is used to investigate the structural and mechanical properties of vacancy defective single-walled （5,5） carbon nanotubes. The relations of the defect concentration, distribution and characteristic of defects to Young＇s modulus of nanotubes are quantitatively studied. It is found that each dangling-bond structure （per supercell） decreases Young＇s modulus of nanotube by 6.1% for symmetrical distribution cases. However the concentrative vacancy structure with saturated atoms has less influence on carbon nanotubes. It is suggested that the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes depend strongly upon the structure and relative position of vacancies in a certain defect concentration.     

磁场对单壁碳纳米管电子结构和光学性质的影响

我们采用半经验的模型、用单激发组态相互作用方法计算并讨论了外加轴向磁场对单壁碳纳米管电子结构和光学性质的影响。由于电子电子间相互作用的影响，磁场导致碳纳米管吸收峰能级分裂与磁场不成正比。该结果与简单的能带理论所给出的结果在低磁场情况下有本质的区别，并与实验结果有更高的符合度。该研究进一步证明了电子电子间相互作用以及激子在决定碳纳米管电子结构和光学性质中的重要作用。     

掺杂对碳纳米管拉曼光谱及场发射性能的影响

采用高温热解法在860℃分别制备出了镓、氮以及硼和氮掺杂的碳纳米管,提纯后利用丝网印刷工艺分别将它们制备成薄膜,并测试了它们的拉曼光谱与场发射性能。测试结果表明,掺杂纳米管的缺陷密集度比纯碳纳米管明显增大,而它们的场致电子发射性能则与掺杂元素的性质密切相关。镓和氮掺杂的纳米管均具有非常优异的场发射性能,而硼和氮共掺杂的纳米管的场发射性能很差。掺杂引起碳纳米管费米能级附近能态密度的变化及功函数的降低是其具有优异场致电子发射性能的主要原因。     

磁场对单壁碳纳米管电子结构和光学性质的影响

采用半经验的模型、用单激发组态相互作用方法计算并讨论了外加轴向磁场对单壁碳纳米管电子结构和光学性质的影响。由于电子电子间相互作用的影响,磁场导致碳纳米管吸收峰能级分裂与磁场不成正比。该结果与简单的能带理论所给出的结果在低磁场情况下有本质的区别,并与实验结果有更高的符合度。该研究进一步证明了电子电子间相互作用以及激子在决定碳纳米管电子结构和光学性质中的重要作用。     

碳纳米管场发射特性研究

从Fowler-Nordheims理论出发,对实验中测得的碳管场发射中ln(I/V²)～1/V并不是严格的线性关系进行了分析,认为主要是碳管吸附态(主要是水蒸气)的改变引起有效功函数改变,同时随着发射电流的增大,个别较长碳管表面的突起在残余气体离子轰击下变得平滑甚至缩短,热熔化也可能造成碳管缩短.另一方面,随着电场强度的增大,较短碳管的场发射对总发射电流的贡献也相对提升.这些因素都会造成场发射中F-N曲线的斜率发生改变.     

手性碳纳米管能带特性的研究

探讨手性（chiral)单层碳纳米管（SWNTs)电子结构的主要特点。提出了确定与Fermi能级EF＝0相交或相近的子能带指数J及相关的波矢ky值的方法。并直接从A－B效应出发。导出了任意手性角的SWNTs在磁场中发生金属－半导体连续转换的条件,同时对其能隙变化规律进行了详细讨论。