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High Strength Electrospun Nanofiber Mats via CNT Reinforcement: A Review

  • Pant, Bishweshwar (Department of Chemistry, Inha University) ;
  • Park, Mira (Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Soo-Jin (Department of Chemistry, Inha University) ;
  • Kim, Hak Yong (Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
  • Received : 2016.08.17
  • Accepted : 2016.08.31
  • Published : 2016.08.31
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Abstract

The development of electrospun nanofibers with improved mechanical properties is of great scientific and technological interest because of their wide-range of applications. Reinforcement of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into the polymer matrix is considered as a promising strategy for substantially enhancing the mechanical properties of resulting CNTs/polymer composite mats on account of extraordinary mechanical properties of CNTs such as ultra-high Young's modulus and tensile strengths. This paper summarizes the recent developments on electrospun CNTs/polymer composite mats with an emphasis on their mechanical properties.

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