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Highly Concentrated 3D Macrostructure of Individual Carbon Nanotubes in a Ceramic Environment

  1. Mehdi Estili1,*,
  2. Akira Kawasaki2,
  3. Yoshio Sakka1

Article first published online: 22 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201134

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 31, pages 4322–4326, August 16, 2012

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Estili, M., Kawasaki, A. and Sakka, Y. (2012), Highly Concentrated 3D Macrostructure of Individual Carbon Nanotubes in a Ceramic Environment. Adv. Mater., 24: 4322–4326. doi: 10.1002/adma.201201134

Author Information

  1. 1

    Materials Processing Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan

  2. 2

    Department of Materials Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

*Materials Processing Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 AUG 2012
  2. Article first published online: 22 JUN 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 9 MAY 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 19 MAR 2012

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Keywords:

  • carbon nanotube macrostructures;
  • carbon nanotubes;
  • multiwalled (MWCNTs);
  • ceramic matrix composites;
  • nanostructures;
  • ceramics
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A highly concentrated 3D macrostructure of individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) is practically realized in a ceramic environment with poreless/intimate interfaces by a scalable aqueous colloidal approach. This concept dramatically improves not only the transport property and network connectivity of the MWCNT 3D macrostructures (a DC-conductivity of nearly 5000 S m−1) but also the strain tolerance of the ceramic environment. Such low-cost and novel MWCNT/ceramic hybrids have many potential functional and structural applications.

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