Volume 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 243-248

LETTER: OXIDIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE FILM FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION

Kastanis D.¹, Tasis D.^2*, Papagelis K.², Parthenios J.¹, Tsakiroglou C.¹, Galiotis C.^1,2

¹ FORTH/ICE-HT, Stadiou Str., 26504 Rion Patras, Greece
² Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed, E-mail: dtassis@upatras.gr

Received 17 October 2007; accepted 30 December 2007

ABSTRACT

The topological and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube films prepared by different oxidized treatments have been studied. Tensile parameters have been found to be strongly correlated with topological parameters such as porosity and bundle size. It was found that low porosity films prepared from highly oxidized CNTs result in the enhancement of their mechanical properties.

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