Carbon nano tubes are the category of materials which originates in centuries, and we are lucky to have them now. Packed with dozen of peculiar properties, carbon nano tubes are making a bold impact on the advanced as well as conventional application areas of engineering, aerospace, defense, space as well as in sports technology.
Excellent structural property:
Carbon nano tubes are considered as one of the strongest material when mixed with a matrix material like epoxy and polymer to form nano composites. Their structural strength or load bearing capacity is even multiple times higher than structural steel if properly fabricated. The most important property which nano composites possess is their very high strength to weight ratio.
Strength to weight ratio is a very important parameter in composite technology to rate composite on the basis of their structural properties. Also, depends on the stacking sequence, carbon nano tubes gives excellent structural properties in different-different arrangement of its layers in composites like unidirectional arrangement, bi-directional arrangement, skew arrangement etc.
Miniaturization compatibility:
Miniaturization is one of the most important need in the manufacturing of micro or nano electronic component or devices. Conventional material does not perform well in nano level therefore industries had to compromise with some of the important factors while using them for nano electronic components.
But, carbon nano tubes on the other hand has specially this facility in excess to perform effectively in miniaturization. Electronic components like diodes, micro sensors and actuators, MEMS sensors etc needs some specific material properties such as high thermal as well as electrical conductivity with sufficient structural strength to withstand the applied load and carbon ano tubes fulfil all these requirement very effectively.
Bio-Medical applications and Biodegradability:
Application of carbon nano tubes as well as nano composites to bio-medical applications is one of its revolutionary usages. As carbon nano tubes has compatibility with various bio-medically required characteristics such as compatibility with medical imaging, magnetic field emission, compatibility with other bio-molecules to form an effective drug delivery system for specified diseases, tissue culture as well as genetic analysis etc.
Previously, the reason behind limited use of the carbon nano tubes in bio-medical application was its toxicity which might cause harmful effects to fragile bio-cells as well as tissues. But, after research of number of years have significantly reduced this phenomenon and made it possible to effective use of carbon nano tubes into some specific bio-medical application and further research is still going on.
Applications in sports technology:
Sports technology is one of the most modern application of carbon nano tubes because sports equipment needs some specific material properties to be used to manufacture them such as structural properties, factors like thermal conductivity, light weight, abration resistant, high stiffness etc. carbon nano tubes are master in all these parameters. Even, nano tubes provides some new and peculiar material properties which improves the standard and durability of the sports equipment. Prime areas of application involves very light weight bi-cycle frames, hi-quality customized badminton strings etc.
So, considering above application properly justifies that nano tubes are just pro in the advanced material category and their application into different areas will increase the comfort as well as productivity in operations.
Excellent structural property:
Carbon nano tubes are considered as one of the strongest material when mixed with a matrix material like epoxy and polymer to form nano composites. Their structural strength or load bearing capacity is even multiple times higher than structural steel if properly fabricated. The most important property which nano composites possess is their very high strength to weight ratio.
Miniaturization compatibility:
Miniaturization is one of the most important need in the manufacturing of micro or nano electronic component or devices. Conventional material does not perform well in nano level therefore industries had to compromise with some of the important factors while using them for nano electronic components.
But, carbon nano tubes on the other hand has specially this facility in excess to perform effectively in miniaturization. Electronic components like diodes, micro sensors and actuators, MEMS sensors etc needs some specific material properties such as high thermal as well as electrical conductivity with sufficient structural strength to withstand the applied load and carbon ano tubes fulfil all these requirement very effectively.
Bio-Medical applications and Biodegradability:
Application of carbon nano tubes as well as nano composites to bio-medical applications is one of its revolutionary usages. As carbon nano tubes has compatibility with various bio-medically required characteristics such as compatibility with medical imaging, magnetic field emission, compatibility with other bio-molecules to form an effective drug delivery system for specified diseases, tissue culture as well as genetic analysis etc.
Previously, the reason behind limited use of the carbon nano tubes in bio-medical application was its toxicity which might cause harmful effects to fragile bio-cells as well as tissues. But, after research of number of years have significantly reduced this phenomenon and made it possible to effective use of carbon nano tubes into some specific bio-medical application and further research is still going on.
Applications in sports technology:
Sports technology is one of the most modern application of carbon nano tubes because sports equipment needs some specific material properties to be used to manufacture them such as structural properties, factors like thermal conductivity, light weight, abration resistant, high stiffness etc. carbon nano tubes are master in all these parameters. Even, nano tubes provides some new and peculiar material properties which improves the standard and durability of the sports equipment. Prime areas of application involves very light weight bi-cycle frames, hi-quality customized badminton strings etc.
So, considering above application properly justifies that nano tubes are just pro in the advanced material category and their application into different areas will increase the comfort as well as productivity in operations.
