ABSTRACT

The nanoparticles have attracted much consideration in manufacturing polymeric nanocomposites using different nanoparticles as reinforcement. Experimental results on polymeric nanocomposites have opened a broad range of variation in their properties. The perfect properties of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) make them ideally suited as filler for reinforcing polymer composites and also best reinforcing filler for the manufacture of the next generation of filler-matrix composite materials. The efficiency of reinforcement depends on different factors such as the adhesion between the filler and the matrix, the filler aspect ratio, and the filler mechanical properties.1