A cohesive law for interfaces between multi-wall carbon nanotubes and polymers due to the van der Waals interactions

W. B. Lu; J. Wu; J. Song; K. C. Hwang; L. Y. Jiang; Y. Huang

doi:10.1016/j.cma.2007.12.008

A cohesive law for interfaces between multi-wall carbon nanotubes and polymers due to the van der Waals interactions

W. B. Lu, J. Wu, J. Song, K. C. Hwang, L. Y. Jiang, Y. Huang^*

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Abstract

We have established the cohesive law for interfaces between multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and polymer that are not well bonded and are characterized by the van der Waals force. The cohesive law is obtained in terms of the area density of carbon atoms on CNT walls, number of CNT walls, volume density of CH₂ units in the polymer, and parameters in the van der Waals force. The simple, analytical expressions of the cohesive law are useful to study the interaction between multi-wall CNTs and polymer, such as in CNT-reinforced composites.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3261-3267
Number of pages	7
Journal	Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Volume	197
Issue number	41-42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2007.12.008
State	Published - Jul 1 2008

Keywords

Carbon nanotube composites
Carbon nanotube/polymer interface
Cohesive law
Multi-wall carbon nanotubes
Van der Waals force

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Computational Mechanics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Physics and Astronomy(all)
Computer Science Applications

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