Nanocomposite Based Carbon Nanotubes for Electromechanical Application

Abstract

Nanocomposites from carbon nanotubes (CNT) and ferroelectric polymers/CNT provide new generation of nanomaterial with high electromechanical properties and allow polymers to exhibit enhanced actuating. Based on relative motion of nanotubes walls incorporated in polymer matrix, CNT are considered for various electromechanical applications such as nanoactuator, nanopump, nanothermometer, nanoresistor, nanomotor...In this investigation we determine the experimental correlation between the electrical and mechanical coupling of the nanocomposite based single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT).A strain refereed as a mechanical deformation was determined to be 10-3 under an applied electrical voltage of 6V.