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Possible Chemical Bond Formation between a Carbon Nanotube and Alumina Matrix - A Quantum Mechanics Investigation

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To improve the structural properties of engineering ceramics, carbon nanotubes have been used as a reinforcement phase to produce stronger ceramic matrix composites. This paper investigates the possible chemical bond formation between a carbon nanotube and alumina with the aid of quantum mechanics analysis. The cases with and without functionalizing the nanotubes were examined. The nanotubes were modeled by nanotube segments with hydrogen atoms added to the dangling bonds of the perimeter carbons. The cleaved ceramic (0001) surface was represented by an alumina molecule with the oxygen atoms on either end terminated with hydrogen. Methoxy radicals were used to functionalize the CNTs. The study predicts that covalent bonding between Al atoms on a cleaved single crystal alumina surface and C atoms on a nanotube are energetically favorable.

carbon nanotubeceramicsinterfacequantum mechanics

Kausala Mylvaganam、L.C. Zhang

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School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering,The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,The University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia

2010

10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.443.723

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ISSN：1013-9826
年,卷(期)：2010.443
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