Electrical properties of nanoceramics reinforced with ropes of single-walled carbon nanotubes
Electrical properties of nanoceramics reinforced with ropes of single-walled carbon nanotubes
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DOI:
10.1063/1.1600511
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发表时间:
2003-08-11
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4
通讯作者:
Mukherjee, AK
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作者:
Zhan, GD;Kuntz, JD;Mukherjee, AK
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were used to convert insulating nanoceramics to metallically conductive composites. Dense SWCNT/Al2O3 nanocomposites with CNT contents ranging from 5.7 to 15 vol % and with nanocrystalline alumina matrices have been fabricated by spark-plasma-sintering that retains the integrity of SWCNT in the matrix. The conductivity of these composites increases with increasing content of CNTs. The conductivity has been increased to 3345 S/m in the 15 vol % SWCNT/Al2O3 nanocomposite at room temperature. This is an increase of 13 orders of magnitude over pure alumina and of more than 735% over previously reported results in CNT-ceramic composites. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.