Shear Flow Induced Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes in Natural Rubber

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(a) and (c) are TEM images of composite with random MWCNTs at the volume fraction of 2% and 6%, respectively. (b) and (d) are TEM images of composite containing 2 vol. % and 6 vol. % of MWCNTs oriented by a shear flow, respectively.

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