Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lopez-Moreno A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4997533 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
López-Moreno Alejandro A Nieto-Ortega Belén B Moffa Maria M de Juan Alberto A Bernal M Mar MM Fernández-Blázquez Juan P JP Vilatela Juan J JJ Pisignano Dario D Pérez Emilio M EM
ACS nano 20160729 8
In this work, we study the reinforcement of polymers by mechanically interlocked derivatives of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). We compare the mechanical properties of fibers made of polymers and of composites with pristine SWNTs, mechanically interlocked derivatives of SWNTs (MINTs), and the corresponding supramolecular models. Improvements of both Young's modulus and tensile strength of up to 200% were observed for the polystyrene-MINT samples with an optimized loading of just 0.01 wt ...[more]