Author/Authors :
Yoshinori Sato، نويسنده , , Hikaru Nishizaka، نويسنده , , Shunichi Sawano، نويسنده , , Atsushi Yoshinaka، نويسنده , , Kazutaka Hirano، نويسنده , , Shinji Hashiguchi، نويسنده , , Takayuki Arie، نويسنده , , Seiji Akita، نويسنده , , Go Yamamoto، نويسنده , , Toshiyuki Hashida، نويسنده , , Hisamichi Kimura، نويسنده , , Kenichi Motomiya، نويسنده , , Kazuyuki Tohji، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We prepared and characterized multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) solids by de-fluorination of fluorinated MWCNTs using spark plasma sintering. In order to investigate the influence of the structure of MWCNT on the mechanical strength of the resulting solids, MWCNTs used in this experiment were as-defected MWCNTs modified by nitric acid and as-purified ones as non-defected nanotubes by comparison. The bend strength and modulus of the resulting solids were lower than those of de-fluorinated MWCNT solids derived from as-purified MWCNTs. The mechanical properties of the resulting MWCNT solids were found to be strongly dependent on the structure of the MWCNT.
