Low erosive wear for aligned CNT polymer composites

What is it about?

The erosive wear behaviour of epoxy composites reinforced with aligned, as-produced carbon nanotube (CNT) films was investigated. The CNT film composites were fabricated in two different configurations, unidirectional and bi-directional. Results have shown that the unidirectional (0) CNT film/epoxy composite exhibit superior erosive wear resistance compared to the unidirectional (0) carbon fibre reinforced epoxy composite.

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Why is it important?

This work has successfully introduced aligned as-produced CNT films fabricating epoxy composites using traditional composite manufacturing processes with low erosive wear and high electrical performance which deliver potential for engineering applications.