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Skoltech Scientists Make It Easier and Safer to Use Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Nanocomposite Materials

2022-11-28

Skoltech Scientists Make It Easier and Safer to Use Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Nanocomposite Materials

A research team from Skoltech, Aalto University, and Kurnakov Institute has recently developed a new, versatile and simple approach to using carbon nanotubes for manufacturing carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites. The method is reported in Carbon and involves making briquettes — dense packages of carbon nanotube powders. Nanocomposites made with briquettes perform equally well as those made...