Dispersion and Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Elastomers

被引：154

作者：

Ji, Yan ^{[1
]}

Huang, Yon Y. ^{[1
]}

Rungsawang, Rakchanok ^{[2
]}

Terentjev, Eugene M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 OHE, England

[2] Ecole Normale Super, Lab Pierre Aigrain, F-75231 Paris 05, France

来源：

ADVANCED MATERIALS | 2010年 / 22卷 / 31期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

NEMATIC ELASTOMERS; ORGANIC-SOLVENTS; FUNCTIONALIZATION;

D O I：

10.1002/adma.200904103

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

A new main-chain liquid crystalline polymer with pyrene end-caps is developed to greatly facilitate dispersion of carbon nanotubes in organic solvents. It also helps stabilize nanotubes in the bulk of a liquid-crystalline elastomer matrix, where the tubes are aligned along the director axis We use terahertz spectroscopy to characterize nanotube alignment and demonstrate the photoactuation response of the composite

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页码：3436 / +

页数：6

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