PMID- 16283728
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060207
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1525-7797 (Print)
IS  - 1525-7797 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 6
DP  - 2005 Nov-Dec
TI  - Preparation and mechanical properties of chitosan/carbon nanotubes composites.
PG  - 3067-72
AB  - Biopolymer chitosan/multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) nanocomposites have been 
      successfully prepared by a simple solution-evaporation method. The morphology and 
      mechanical properties of the chitosan/MWNTs nanocomposites have been 
      characterized with field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM), bright 
      field transmission electron microscopy (TEM), optical microscopy (OM), wide-angle 
      X-ray diffraction (XRD), and tensile as well as nanoindentation tests. The MWNTs 
      were observed to be homogeneously dispersed throughout the chitosan matrix. When 
      compared with neat chitosan, the mechanical properties, including the tensile 
      modulus and strength, of the nanocomposites are greatly improved by about 93% and 
      99%, respectively, with incorporation of only 0.8 wt % of MWNTs into the chitosan 
      matrix.
FAU - Wang, Shao-Feng
AU  - Wang SF
AD  - Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, ASTAR, 3 Research Link, 
      Singapore 117602. shaofw2002@yahoo.com.cn
FAU - Shen, Lu
AU  - Shen L
FAU - Zhang, Wei-De
AU  - Zhang WD
FAU - Tong, Yue-Jin
AU  - Tong YJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Biomacromolecules
JT  - Biomacromolecules
JID - 100892849
RN  - 0 (Biocompatible Materials)
RN  - 0 (Macromolecular Substances)
RN  - 0 (Nanotubes, Carbon)
RN  - 7440-44-0 (Carbon)
RN  - 9012-76-4 (Chitosan)
SB  - IM
MH  - Biocompatible Materials/*chemistry
MH  - Biomechanical Phenomena/*methods
MH  - Carbon/chemistry
MH  - Chitosan/*chemistry
MH  - Crystallization
MH  - Macromolecular Substances/*chemistry
MH  - Materials Testing
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
MH  - Nanotechnology/*methods
MH  - Nanotubes, Carbon/*chemistry
MH  - Stress, Mechanical
MH  - Temperature
MH  - Tensile Strength
MH  - X-Ray Diffraction
EDAT- 2005/11/15 09:00
MHDA- 2006/02/08 09:00
CRDT- 2005/11/15 09:00
PHST- 2005/11/15 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/02/08 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/11/15 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/bm050378v [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Biomacromolecules. 2005 Nov-Dec;6(6):3067-72. doi: 10.1021/bm050378v.