Sensing Performance and Mechanical Properties of Buckypaper Impregnated with Epoxy Resin
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li 320, Taiwan
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Nanomaterials 2020, 10(11), 2258; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10112258
Received: 22 October 2020
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Revised: 12 November 2020
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Accepted: 12 November 2020
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Published: 14 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Carbon Nanoparticles for Strain Sensing and Damage Monitoring)
Buckypaper consisting of a carbon nanotube (CNT) sheet has a great potential for sensing and structural applications due to the exceptional piezoresistive and mechanical properties of CNTs. In this work, buckypaper was impregnated with the epoxy resin to improve the fragility and handling capability. The mechanical properties of the buckypaper/epoxy composite were determined by the tensile and nanoindentation tests. A thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) was used to evaluate the thermal stability. Strain and temperature sensing performances of the buckypaper/epoxy composite based on the piezoresistive effect were investigated using a meter source. Experimental results indicated that the elastic modulus and ultimate strength of the buckypaper/epoxy composite were increased by 82% and 194%, respectively, in comparison with the pristine buckypaper, while the strain and temperature sensitivities were decreased by 33% and 0.2%, respectively. A significant increase of the tensile strength accompanied with a moderate decrease of the strain sensitivity demonstrates that the overall performance of buckypaper/epoxy composite is better than that of pristine buckypaper.
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Her, S.-C.; Hsu, W.-C. Sensing Performance and Mechanical Properties of Buckypaper Impregnated with Epoxy Resin. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2258. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10112258
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Her S-C, Hsu W-C. Sensing Performance and Mechanical Properties of Buckypaper Impregnated with Epoxy Resin. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(11):2258. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10112258
Chicago/Turabian StyleHer, Shiuh-Chuan, and Wei-Chun Hsu. 2020. "Sensing Performance and Mechanical Properties of Buckypaper Impregnated with Epoxy Resin" Nanomaterials 10, no. 11: 2258. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10112258
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