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Fabricating bio-inspired high impact resistance carbon nanotube network films for multi-protection under an extreme environment
The fabrication of light-weight, highly impact-resistant, and energy-absorbent materials is urgently demanded in many facets of the society from body armor to aerospace engineering, especially under an extreme...
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Carbon nanotube films with ultrahigh thermal-shock and thermal-shock-fatigue resistance characterized by ultra-fast ascending shock testing
The exploration of material failure behavior not only involves defining its limits and underlying mechanisms but also entails devising strategies for improvement and protection in extreme conditions. We’ve pio...
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Open AccessStrain-restricted transfer of ferromagnetic electrodes for constructing reproducibly superior-quality spintronic devices
Spintronic device is the fundamental platform for spin-related academic and practical studies. However, conventional techniques with energetic deposition or boorish transfer of ferromagnetic metal inevitably i...
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Application of Map** Remote Sensing Technology and GIS in Geological Exploration
With the continuous development and progress of science and technology, geographic information technology and map** remote sensing technology have been rapidly developed and widely used in the field of geolo...
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Mechanics of 2D material bubbles
A variety of out-of-plane deformation patterns have been observed for two-dimensional (2D) materials including ripples, wrinkles, buckles, scrolls, folds, tents, and bubbles due to their extra-low bending rigi...
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Failure-analysis of carbon nanotubes and their extreme applications
The study of material failure is crucial for the design of engineering applications, as it can have significant social and economic impacts. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), with their exceptional electrical, mechanic...
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Domino-like stacking order switching in twisted monolayer–multilayer graphene
Atomic reconstruction has been widely observed in two-dimensional van der Waals structures with small twist angles1–7. This unusual behaviour leads to many novel phenomena, including strong electronic correlation...
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Open AccessElastocapillary cleaning of twisted bilayer graphene interfaces
Although layered van der Waals (vdW) materials involve vast interface areas that are often subject to contamination, vdW interactions between layers may squeeze interfacial contaminants into nanopockets. More ...
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Engineering electrochemical actuators with large bending strain based on 3D-structure titanium carbide MXene composites
Electrically responsive electrochemical actuators that contain a polymer electrolyte membrane laminated between two electrodes have attracted great attention due to their potential applications in smart electr...
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Research on sliding angles of water droplets on the hierarchical structured superhydrophobic surfaces
Certain plant leaves, such as the lotus leaf, are known to be superhydrophobic due to the hierarchical structures on the leaf surfaces. In this paper, two kinds of superhydrophobic plants leaves with hierarchi...
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Open AccessMultifunctional Polymer-Based Graphene Foams with Buckled Structure and Negative Poisson’s Ratio
In this study, we report the polymer-based graphene foams through combination of bottom-up assembly and simple triaxially buckled structure design. The resulting polymer-based graphene foams not only effective...
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Open AccessThree-dimensional Sponges with Super Mechanical Stability: Harnessing True Elasticity of Individual Carbon Nanotubes in Macroscopic Architectures
Efficient assembly of carbon nanotube (CNT) based cellular solids with appropriate structure is the key to fully realize the potential of individual nanotubes in macroscopic architecture. In this work, the mac...
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Filtration of fine particles in atmospheric aerosol with electrospinning nanofibers and its size distribution
In this study, the size distribution of atmospheric aerosol in Bei**g was monitored by the scanning mobility particle sizer spectrometer and the optical particle sizer. The size of particles in atmospheric ae...
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Application of Raman spectroscopy in carbon nanotube-based polymer composites
Raman spectroscopy has been widely used to identify the physical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and to assess their functionalization as well as orientation. Recently, Raman spectroscopy has become a p...
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Mechanical performance of nano-CaCO3 filled polystyrene composites
Nano-CaCO3 incorporated polystyrene composites are compounded by twin-screw extrusion. Tensile and compact tensile tests show that the strength and toughness of polystyrene are decreased after the addition of nan...
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Surface characteristics and wetting behavior of carbon nanotubes
The wetting properties and surface characteristics of individual carbon nanotubes are elucidated by immersing the nanotube into various organic liquid. The resultant force acting on the nanotube can be used to...
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Organic modification of carbon nanotubes
The organic modification of carbon nanotubes is a novel research field being developed recently. In this article, the history and newest progress of organic modification of carbon nanotubes are reviewed from t...
