The Mode I, Mode II, and mixed-mode interlaminar failure behavior of a thin-ply (54 gsm)
carbon fiber-epoxy laminated composite reinforced by 20 μm tall z-direction-aligned carbon …

Polymer matrix nanocomposites (PNCs) incorporating high volume fractions (V f in excess of
10 vol%) of aligned carbon nanotubes (A-CNTs) are promising for high-performance …

The landmark theoretical properties of low dimensional materials have driven more than a
decade of research on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and related nanostructures. While studies …

The one-step aerosol-assisted catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) process, when
operated in a H 2-based carrier gas, is shown to be effective at an extremely low ferrocene …

Carbon nanostructure (CNS) based polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) are of interest due to
the superior properties of the CNS themselves, scale effects, and the ability to transfer these …

Existing theories for quantifying the morphology of nanofibers (NFs) in aligned arrays either
neglect or assume a simple functional form for the curvature of the NFs, commonly known as …

Capillary-mediated densification is an inexpensive and versatile approach to tune the
application-specific properties and packing morphology of bulk nanofiber (NF) arrays, such …

We report the fabrication and characterization of graphene nanostructures with mechanical
properties that are tuned by conformal deposition of alumina. Vertical graphene (VG) sheets …

Carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns are synthetic nanomaterials of interest for diverse
applications. To bring fundamental understanding into the yarn formation process, we …

The promise of enhanced and tailored properties motivates the study of one-dimensional
nanomaterials, especially aligned carbon nanotubes (A-CNTs), for the reinforcement of …