Carbon Nanotube Based Composites - Processing, Properties, Modelling and Application

Description

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have amazing properties and a key way to take advantage of this is by incorporating nanotubes into a matrix to build composite materials. The best candidates for this task are undoubtedly polymers. Almost every characteristic of a polymer can be significantly enhanced by adding carbon nanotubes and as a result, new potential applications of carbon nanotube enhanced polymer composites are discovered every day. However, before carbon nanotube enhanced polymer composites become commonplace there are some tough challenges that need to be overcome. This book reviews the status of worldwide research in both single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotube based composites. It serves as a practical guide on carbon nanotube based composites and a reference to students and researchers from the academia and industry. Content: Front Matter • Preface • Table of Contents 1. Processing of Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites 2. Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites 3. Numerical Modelling of Carbon Nanotube - Polymer Composites 4. Applications of Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites • 5. Conclusions and Future Prospects • Abbreviations Index