Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference (한국분말야금학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2006.09a
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- Pages.366-367
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- 2006
Fabrication Process and Properties of Carbon Nanotube/Cu Nanocomposites
- Cha, Seung-I. (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
- Kim, Kyung-T. (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
- Mo, Chan-B. (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
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Hong, Soon-H.
(Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
- Published : 2006.09.24
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted remarkable attention as reinforcement for composites owing to their outstanding mechanical properties. The CNT/Cu nanocomposite is fabricated by a novel fabrication process named molecular level process. The novel process for fabricating CNT/Cu composite powders involves suspending CNTs in a solvent by surface functionalization, mixing Cu ions with CNT suspension, drying, calcination and reduction. The molecular level process produces CNT/Cu composite powders whereby the CNTs are homogeneously implanted within Cu powders. The mechanical properties of CNT/Cu nanocomposite, consolidated by spark plasma sintering of CNT/Cu composite powders, shows about 3 times higher strength and 2 times higher Young's modulus than those of Cu matrix.