Preferred Orientation in Fibers of Hipco Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes from Diffuse X-Ray Scattering

Abstract

Neat Fibers of HiPco single wall carbon nanotubes extruded from strong acid suspensions exhibit preferred orientation along fiber axes. We characterize the extrusion-induced alignment using x-ray fiber diagrams and polarized Raman scattering, using a model which allows for some fraction of the sample to remain completely unaligned. We show that both x-ray and Raman data are required for a complete texture analysis of SWNT fibers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADP014300

Entities

People

  • J. E. Fischer
  • K. I. Winey
  • Weibin Zhou

Organizations

  • University of Pennsylvania

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Diameters
  • Engineered Materials
  • Engineering
  • Fibers
  • Fullerenes
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Nanomaterials
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Paper
  • Raman Scattering
  • Raman Spectra
  • Scattering
  • Two Dimensional
  • X Ray Scattering
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Reinforced Composite Materials