TY - GEN
T1 - Shear induced alignment of multi-walled carbon nanotube dispersions via small angle x-ray scattering
AU - Pujari, Saswati
AU - Burghardt, Wesley R.
AU - Rahatekar, Sameer S.
AU - Windle, Alan H.
AU - Koziol, Krzysztof K.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We report small-angle x-ray scattering studies of shear-induced alignment of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) dispersions. Uncured epoxy was used as a viscous, Newtonian suspending medium, and samples were prepared from 'aligned' MWCNTs using methods previously reported (Rahatekar et al. J Rheol 40:599, 2006); here we emphasize measurements on rather dilute dispersions. Flow-induced alignment was studied in both the flow-gradient (1-2) plane, and the flow-vorticity (1-3) plane using, respectively, annular cone and plate and rotating disk x-ray shear cells. Small-angle x-ray scattering patterns were rendered anisotropic under application of shear flow. Measurements in the 1-2 plane indicate that the average MWCNT orientation direction is intermediate between the flow and gradient directions. Transient measurements of structure evolution enabled by high flux synchrotron radiation allowed study of time-dependent behavior following flow reversal and flow cessation.
AB - We report small-angle x-ray scattering studies of shear-induced alignment of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) dispersions. Uncured epoxy was used as a viscous, Newtonian suspending medium, and samples were prepared from 'aligned' MWCNTs using methods previously reported (Rahatekar et al. J Rheol 40:599, 2006); here we emphasize measurements on rather dilute dispersions. Flow-induced alignment was studied in both the flow-gradient (1-2) plane, and the flow-vorticity (1-3) plane using, respectively, annular cone and plate and rotating disk x-ray shear cells. Small-angle x-ray scattering patterns were rendered anisotropic under application of shear flow. Measurements in the 1-2 plane indicate that the average MWCNT orientation direction is intermediate between the flow and gradient directions. Transient measurements of structure evolution enabled by high flux synchrotron radiation allowed study of time-dependent behavior following flow reversal and flow cessation.
KW - Carbon nanotubes
KW - Flow induced alignment
KW - X-ray scattering
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U2 - 10.1063/1.2964854
DO - 10.1063/1.2964854
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51149088935
SN - 9780735405493
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 806
EP - 808
BT - The XVth International Congress on Rheology - The Society of Rheology 80th Annual Meeting
T2 - 15th International Congress on Rheology
Y2 - 3 August 2008 through 8 August 2008
ER -