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Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Based Composites under Consideration of Defects

Part of the book series: Advanced Structured Materials ((STRUCTMAT,volume 39))

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Carbon nanotubes have attracted significant attention since their discovery, as unique valuable nanostructures, with many outstanding properties, leading them toward being applied in a wide variety of novel and amazing applications. The extraordinary properties of carbon nanotubes stem mostly from their perfect hexagonal structure, as well as their high length to diameter or aspect ratio, which is specific to most of nanostructured materials. In other terms, nanomaterials are all uniquely beneficial in many of today’s emerging applications, only as a result of their high aspect ratio. This specific characteristic make them interact with their surrounding environment more efficiently, especially when it comes to adsorption properties and interaction in a gaseous environment. In this chapter, the structure of carbon nanotubes and the methods of fabricating them will be introduced and the defects associated with their structure will be explained in detail.

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  1. Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University (Gold Coast Campus), Southport, Queensland, Australia

    Moones Rahmandoust

  2. Protein Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., 1983969411, Tehran, Iran

    Moones Rahmandoust

  3. Fatigue and Fracture Research Laboratory, Center of Excellence in Experimental Solid Mechanics and Dynamics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Majid R. Ayatollahi

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Rahmandoust, M., Ayatollahi, M.R. (2016). Carbon Nanotubes. In: Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Based Composites under Consideration of Defects. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 39. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00251-4_2

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