TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing the electrical conductivity of carbon fibre thin-ply laminates with directly grown aligned carbon nanotubes
AU - Russello, M.
AU - Diamanti, E. K.
AU - Catalanotti, G.
AU - Ohlsson, F.
AU - Hawkins, S. C.
AU - Falzon, B. G.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The transverse electrical conductivity of thin-ply carbon fibre laminates, enhanced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), was investigated experimentally. CNTs were directly synthesised on spread tow tapes of UTS50S carbon fibre through chemical vapour deposition (CVD). Unidirectional laminates were manufactured using both a thermosetting (epoxy) and a thermoplastic resin (polypropylene). A substantial increase in the electrical conductivity and a decrease in electrical anisotropy was observed for both the material systems investigated. Improvement in conductivity by a factor of 8 for the epoxy specimens, and 28 for the polypropylene specimens were reported.
AB - The transverse electrical conductivity of thin-ply carbon fibre laminates, enhanced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), was investigated experimentally. CNTs were directly synthesised on spread tow tapes of UTS50S carbon fibre through chemical vapour deposition (CVD). Unidirectional laminates were manufactured using both a thermosetting (epoxy) and a thermoplastic resin (polypropylene). A substantial increase in the electrical conductivity and a decrease in electrical anisotropy was observed for both the material systems investigated. Improvement in conductivity by a factor of 8 for the epoxy specimens, and 28 for the polypropylene specimens were reported.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:75397
U2 - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.08.040
DO - 10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.08.040
M3 - Article
SN - 0263-8223
VL - 206
SP - 272
EP - 278
JO - Composite Structures
JF - Composite Structures
ER -