Understanding the mechanical and conductive properties of carbon nanotube fibers for smart electronics

X Zhang, W Lu, G Zhou, Q Li - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of fiber‐based smart electronics has provoked increasing demand for high‐
performance and multifunctional fiber materials. Carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers, the 1D …

Effect of polymer infiltration on structure and properties of carbon nanotube yarns

Y Jung, T Kim, CR Park - Carbon, 2015 - Elsevier
Polymer-infiltrated carbon nanotube yarns (CNTYs) were prepared to enhance the
mechanical and electrical properties of CNTYs through physical interactions. This work …

Recent advances in the mechanical and electrical performance of carbon nanotube fibers under various strain-rate loadings

X Zhou, Z Gu, H Zhou, Y Zhang, P Wang, Y Li - Materials Today Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers exhibit excellent mechanical and electrical properties due to
their unique structural behavior. They are one of the most promising nanomaterials and are …

Improvement in compressive stiffness of graphene aerogels by sandwiching carbon nanotubes

J Li, Y Zhao, W Hao, L Miao, G Zhao, J Li… - Diamond and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, much interest has been attracted in the graphene aerogels due to their
outstanding properties. However, their weak compressive mechanical performances usually …

Carbon nanotube sheet electrodes for anisotropic actuation of dielectric elastomers

E Cakmak, X Fang, O Yildiz, PD Bradford, TK Ghosh - Carbon, 2015 - Elsevier
The performance of dielectric electroactive polymer (D-EAP) based actuators depends
critically on the electrode characteristics. Among the most challenging issues in the …

Mesoscale mechanics of twisting carbon nanotube yarns

R Mirzaeifar, Z Qin, MJ Buehler - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Fabricating continuous macroscopic carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns with mechanical
properties close to individual CNTs remains a major challenge. Spinning CNT fibers and …

The atom sampling method for mesoscale molecular dynamics and its application to graphene assemblies

X Pan, H Jin, X Ku, J Fan - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Several coarse-grained (CG) molecular dynamics models have been developed to predict
the mechanical behaviors of mesoscale graphene structures because of the enormous …

Mechanical and thermal properties of carbon nanotubes in carbon nanotube fibers under tension–torsion loading

M Niu, C Cui, R Tian, Y Zhao, L Miao, W Hao, J Li… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In carbon nanotube fibers (CNFs) fabricated by spinning methods, it is well-known that the
mechanical and thermal performances of CNFs are highly dependent on the mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding macroscopic assemblies of carbon nanostructures with microstructural complexity

S Wang, J Lin, Z Xu, Z Xu - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon sp 2 building blocks such as graphene and carbon nanotubes hold great promises
for structural and functional applications due to their intriguing material properties, which …

Twist induced plasticity and failure mechanism of helical carbon nanotube fibers under different strain rates

P Wang, J Yang, G Sun, X Zhang, H Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Twist has been well identified as an effective parameter to tune the mechanical behavior of
carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers, eg, tensile strength, strain, modulus and elastic-plastic …