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Modeling elastic behaviour in functionalized carbon nanotube suspensions

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This work reports recent experimental findings and rheological modeling on chemically treated single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) suspended in an epoxy resin. When a CNT suspension is subject to a steady shear flow, it exhibited a shear-thinning characteristic, which was subsequently modeled by a Fokker-Planck (FP) simple orientation model. In terms of viscoelasticity, small-amplitude oscillatory measurements revealed mild elasticity for semi-dilute CNT suspensions. Some tentative models are proposed in order to model the extra contribution of elasticity due to the presence of CNTs.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3RA, UK

    A. Ma & M. Mackley

  2. LIM: UMR ENSAM-CNRS, 151 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, F-75013, Paris, France

    C. Cruz & G. Regnier

  3. LMSP: UMR ENSAM-CNRS, 151Boulevard de l’Hôpital,, 75013, Paris, France

    A. Giner & F. Chinesta

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Ma, A., Cruz, C., Giner, A. et al. Modeling elastic behaviour in functionalized carbon nanotube suspensions. Int J Mater Form 1 (Suppl 1), 631–634 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-008-0335-2

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