Preparation of buckypaper-copper composites and investigation of their conductivity and mechanical properties.
Buckypaper-metal composites are prepared by substrate-enhanced electroless deposition of copper onto strips of buckypaper (see picture). Electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of these buckypaper-copper composites at different copper content are investigated. The conductivity is shown to increases by up to 350 %, and the Young's modulus and the ultimate tensile strength of the composites by 282 % and 290 % respectively over pristine buckypaper.
Byrne
Michele T
MT
The School of Chemistry and CRANN Institute, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Hernandez
Yenny R
YR
Conaty
Thomas
T
Blighe
Fiona M
FM
Coleman
Johnathan N
JN
Gun'ko
Yurii K
YK