Building smart materials based on carbon nanotubes

Sachin B. Jain; Phil Kang; Yeo-Heung Yun; Tony He; Sri Laxmi Pammi; Atul Muskin; Suhasini Narasimhadevara; Douglas Hurd; Mark J. Schulz; Jennifer Chase; Srinivas Subramaniam; Vesselin Shanov; F. James Boerio; Donglu Shi; Rob Gilliland; David Mast; Chris Sloan

doi:10.1117/12.540194

29 July 2004 Building smart materials based on carbon nanotubes

Sachin B. Jain, Phil Kang, Yeo-Heung Yun, Tony He, Sri Laxmi Pammi, Atul Muskin, Suhasini Narasimhadevara, Douglas Hurd, Mark J. Schulz, Jennifer Chase, Srinivas Subramaniam, Vesselin Shanov, F. James Boerio, Donglu Shi, Rob Gilliland, David Mast, Chris Sloan

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Proceedings Volume 5389, Smart Structures and Materials 2004: Smart Electronics, MEMS, BioMEMS, and Nanotechnology; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.540194
Event: Smart Structures and Materials, 2004, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The paper discusses the development of polymer composite materials based on carbon nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes can be used to form polymer hybrid materials that have good elastic properties, piezoresistive sensing, and electrochemical actuation. Of particular interest are smart nanocomposite materials that are strong and self-sensing for structural health monitoring, or self-actuating to improve the performance and efficiency of structures and devices. Since nanoscale research is broad, challenging, and interdepartmental, undergraduate through Ph.D. level students and faculty have combined efforts to attack the special problems related to building nanoscale smart materials. This paper gives an overview of the work being performed to manufacture polymer nanocomposite materials starting from nanotube synthesis through to device fabrication and testing. Synthesis is performed using an EasyTube Nanofurnace, functionalization is done using plasma coating, dispersion using rotary mixing and ultrasonication, and processing using vacuum and pressure casting. Reinforced polymers, a carbon nanotube solid polymer electrolyte actuator, and piezoresistive sensors are being developed for several potential applications. The materials produced indicate that carbon nanotube hybrid smart materials may become a new class of smart material with unique properties and applications, but much work still needs to be done to realize their full potential.

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Sachin B. Jain, Phil Kang, Yeo-Heung Yun, Tony He, Sri Laxmi Pammi, Atul Muskin, Suhasini Narasimhadevara, Douglas Hurd, Mark J. Schulz, Jennifer Chase, Srinivas Subramaniam, Vesselin Shanov, F. James Boerio, Donglu Shi, Rob Gilliland, David Mast, and Chris Sloan "Building smart materials based on carbon nanotubes", Proc. SPIE 5389, Smart Structures and Materials 2004: Smart Electronics, MEMS, BioMEMS, and Nanotechnology, (29 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.540194

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