Thermal expansion of Cu/carbon nanotube composite wires and the effect of Cu-spatial distribution

We report for the first time the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of Cu/carbon nanotube (Cu/CNT) macroscopic wire composites and its strong dependence on CNT-Cu mixing. Homogeneous composite wires with 40 vol% nanotubes uniformly mixed in continuous Cu matrix showed CTE ∼4.42 × 10−6  °C-1 (∼26...

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Main Authors: Rajyashree Sundaram, Takeo Yamada, Kenji Hata, Atsuko Sekiguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Materials Research and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785420301459