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Chapter 3

Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotube/
Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Composites

With the A-CNT forests grown, the next task is to utilize them as the
reinforcing phase of a composite and to use dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) to
discern their mechanical properties. As these composites are not mixed, the ability
of the desired matrix to infiltrate the A-CNT forest is critical for success; this
infiltration is highly-dependent on the wetting (contact angle) between the CNTs
and the matrix polymer. The wetting behavior between the CNTs and the desired
matrix is important for the success of a composite, as it ultimately dispersed and
matrix phases. The wetting between CNTs and many polymers has been explored
[35], and a few of these polymers have been recently explored as an infiltrating
matrix for A-CNT composites [34],[46].

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