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Dispersing carbon nanotubes in polymer nanocomposites: detecting individually dispersed tubes

Tishkova V., Bonnet G., Puechmont P., Flahaut E., Bacsa W.S., CEMES, Univ. Toulouse, FR

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are used to make polymer composites conductive. Small amounts of CNTs (0.1-1 wt%) increase the conductivity by several orders of magnitude. The electrical percolation threshold depends strongly on the dispersion state of [...]

Nano Crystalline Cellulose – Optical and Structural Properties by Molecular Dynamic Simulations

Kadiri Y., Simon D., Picard G., Ghozayel F., Lebreux J.-D., Ahuntsic College, CA

Structural and optical properties of Nano Crystalline Cellulose (NCC) in liquid solutions and in nematic films were investigated by large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulation using empirical Coulombian interaction potentials. The latter was modified by taking [...]