A comparative study of damage sensing in fiber composites using uniformly and non-uniformly dispersed carbon nanotubes

作者：Gao Limin; Chou Tsu Wei^*; Thostenson Erik T; Zhang Zuoguang

来源：Carbon, 2010, 48(13): 3788-3794.

DOI：10.1016/j.carbon.2010.06.041

The efficiency of damage sensing in fiber composites with uniformly and non-uniformly dispersed carbon nanotubes has been compared in this study. A highly uniform dispersion of carbon nanotube in fiber composites was achieved through the three-roll-mill technique while a non-uniform dispersion of carbon nanotubes was obtained using a nanotube-containing fiber sizing agent. Both techniques are effective in creating electrically conductive network for damage sensing in fiber composites. The sizing agent/glass fiber composite shows much lower resistance change than that of the composites fabricated by three-roll-mill technique. Advantages of the sizing agent approach in composites fabrication have also been examined.

• 出版日期2010-11
• 单位北京航空航天大学