Novel Carbyne Filled Carbon Nanotube – Polymer Nanocomposites
Nataliia Luhyna, Rafaila Rafique, Sadia Sagar Iqbal, Jibran Khaliq, Mohd Shahneel Saharudin, Jiacheng Wei, Quratulane Qadeer and Fawad Inam
The availability of carbyne in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) induces intrinsic stiffening and strengthening of CNTs, and is exploited for the very first time in this report to process epoxy nanocomposites with improved mechanical and electrical properties.