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Nanotubes as polymers |
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| Authors: | Micah J Green [Author Vitae] Natnael Behabtu [Author Vitae] Matteo Pasquali [Author Vitae] W Wade Adams [Author Vitae] |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS362 Houston, TX 77005, USA b Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS60 Houston, TX 77005, USA c Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS100 Houston, TX 77005, USA |
| Abstract: | In this review, we show that the structure and behavior of single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) are essentially polymeric; in fact, many have referred to SWNTs as “the ultimate polymer”. The classification of SWNTS as polymers is explored by comparing the structure, properties, phase behavior, rheology, processing, and applications of SWNTs with those of rigid-rod polymers. Special attention is given to research efforts focusing on the use of SWNTs as molecular composites (also termed nanocomposites) with SWNTs as the filler and flexible polymer chains as the host. This perspective of “SWNTs as polymers” allows the methods, applications, and theoretical framework of polymer science to be appropriated and applied to nanotubes. |
| Keywords: | Single-walled carbon nanotubes Liquid crystal Fiber Rigid-rod polymers Molecular composites |
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