TY - GEN
T1 - Tunable mechanical properties of self-assembled SWNT/polymer nanocomposite films for mems
AU - Zhang, D.
AU - Cui, T.
PY - 2011/4/13
Y1 - 2011/4/13
N2 - This paper presents layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembled single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)/polymer nanocomposite films with a large range of tunable mechanical properties, characterized by a combinative approach of piezoelectric excitation and laser vibrometer measurement. The Young's modulus of SWNT/polymer nanocomposites is tunable from hundreds to tens of GPa, as a function of the SWNT volume fraction. This tunability can serve as a benchmark to tailor the nanocomposite thin films for potential applications to MEMS and NEMS devices, such as nanoswitches, nanoresonators, and biosensors.
AB - This paper presents layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembled single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)/polymer nanocomposite films with a large range of tunable mechanical properties, characterized by a combinative approach of piezoelectric excitation and laser vibrometer measurement. The Young's modulus of SWNT/polymer nanocomposites is tunable from hundreds to tens of GPa, as a function of the SWNT volume fraction. This tunability can serve as a benchmark to tailor the nanocomposite thin films for potential applications to MEMS and NEMS devices, such as nanoswitches, nanoresonators, and biosensors.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734470
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734470
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79953784867
SN - 9781424496327
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 497
EP - 500
BT - 2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011
T2 - 24th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2011
Y2 - 23 January 2011 through 27 January 2011
ER -