Relaxation Behavior in Linear Regime of Dilute Carbon Nanotubes Suspensions

Camilio Cruz (1) , Lounès A. Illoul (1) , Francisco Chinesta (2) , Gilles Régnier (1)

1 PIMM - Laboratoire Procédés et Ingénierie en Mécanique et Matériaux
2 GeM - Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are very long cylinders formed by rolled-up graphene sheets at the nano scale. In addition to their unique structure, interest for CNTs is based on their impressive physical properties [1]. CNTs have been envisaged as component-material in a large range of applications: electrical circuits, nano-probes for near-field microscopes, high-resolution gas-molecules detectors, drug and gene delivery systems, high- strength fibres and high-performance polymer-based composites.

Mots clés: carbon nanotubes; suspensions; Brownian dynamics; rheology; relaxation

Domaines: Mécanique [physics.med-ph]; Matériaux

Camilio Cruz, Lounès A. Illoul, Francisco Chinesta, Gilles Régnier. Relaxation Behavior in Linear Regime of Dilute Carbon Nanotubes Suspensions. 18th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2011, Jeju Island, Costa Rica. ⟨hal-01008812⟩