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Vibration Damping of Carbon Nanotube Assembly Materials
Jingna Zhao, Fulin Wang, Xin Zhang +4
Vibration reduction is of great importance in various engineering applications, and a material that exhibits good vibration damping along with high strength and modulus has become…
Evaluating the System Compliance in Testing Carbon Nanotube Fibers
Chunyang Jiang, Xin Zhang, Jingna Zhao +2
System compliances of two testing machines (Keysight T150 and Instron 3365) were studied for the tensile testing of carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers. Due to the different gripping meth…
Interfacial Mechanical Behaviors in Carbon Nanotube Assemblies
Xiaohua Zhang
Interface widely exists in carbon nanotube (CNT) assembly materials, taking place at different length scales. It determines severely the mechanical properties of these assembly mat…
Assembly-Dependent Interfacial Property of Carbon Nanotube Fibers with Epoxy and Its Enhancement via Generalized Surface Sizing
Chaoshuai Lei, Jingna Zhao, Jingyun Zou +5
In building up composite structures using carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers, the fiber-to-matrix interfacial shear strength (IFSS) is one of the most important issues. Originating from…
Bio-Inspired Aggregation Control of Carbon Nanotubes for Ultra-Strong Composites
Yue Han, Xiaohua Zhang, Xueping Yu +7
High performance nanocomposites require well dispersion and high alignment of the nanometer-sized components, at a high mass or volume fraction as well. However, the road towards s…
Wide-Range Tunable Dynamic Property of Carbon Nanotube-Based Fibers
Jingna Zhao, Xiaohua Zhang, Zhijuan Pan +1
Carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber is formed by assembling millions of individual tubes. The assembly feature provides the fiber with rich interface structures and thus various ways of en…
Hindered rolling and friction anisotropy in supported carbon nanotubes
Marcel Lucas, Xiaohua Zhang, Ismael Palaci +3
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are well known for their exceptional thermal, mechanical and electrical properties. For many CNT applications it is of the foremost importance to know their…
Enhancement of Friction between Carbon Nanotubes: An Efficient Strategy to Strengthen Fibers
Xiaohua Zhang, Qingwen Li
Interfacial friction plays a crucial role in the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube based fibers, composites, and devices. Here we use molecular dynamics simulation to invest…