title: Uniform directional alignment of single-walled carbon nanotubes in viscous polymer flow.
abstract: In this work, we probed the effects of shear flow on the alignment of dispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes in polymer solutions. Two different systems were compared: Single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed using an anionic surfactant and single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed using an anionic surfactant and a weakly binding polymer. It was determined that the addition of the weakly binding polymer increased the degree of dispersion of the carbon nanotubes and the ability to induce their alignment when subjected to shear forces.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Camponeschi
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Florkowski
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vance
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Garmestani
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tannenbaum