Carbon Nanotube Related Publications

 

1. H.G. Chae, S. Kumar, ¡°Materials science - Making strong fibers ¡±, Science, 319 (5865), 908 ~ 909 (2008)

2. S. Bellayer, J. W. Gilman, S.S. Rahatekar, S. Bourbigot, X. Flambard, L. M. Hansen, H. Guo, S. Kumar, ¡°Characterization of SWCNT and PAN/SWCNT films¡±, Carbon, 45 (12), 2417 ~ 2423 (2007)

3. P. Dayal, J. Liu, S. Kumar, T. Kyu, ¡°Experimental and theoretical investigations of porous structure formation in electrospun fibers¡±, Macromolecules, 40 (21), 7689~7694 (2007)

4. H.G. Chae, M.L. Minus, A. Rasheed, S. Kumar, ¡°Stabilization and carbonization of gel spun polyacrylonitrile/single wall carbon nanotube composite fibers¡±, Polymer, 48 (13), 3781 ~ 3789 (2007)

5. T.V. Sreekumar, L. Chandra, A. Srivastava, S. Kumar, ¡°Oxidative stabilization of polyacrylonitrile in the presence of functionalized carbon nanotubes¡±, Carbon, 45 (5), 1141 ~ 1116 (2007)

6. H.M. Ma, D.M. Collard, D.A. Schiraldi, S. Kumar, ¡°Structure and dynamic mechanical properties of poly(ethylene terephthalate-co-4,4 '-bibenzoate) fibers¡±, Polymer, 48 (6), 1651 ~ 1658 (2007)

7. T. Uchida, D.P. Anderson, M.L. Minus, S. Kumar, ¡°Morphology and modulus of vapor grown carbon nano fibers¡±, J Mat Sci, 41 (18), 5851 ~ 5856 (2006)

8. T. Wang, S. Kumar, ¡°Electrospinning of polyacrylonitrile nanofibers¡±, J Appl Pol Sci, 102 (2), 1023 ~ 1029 (2006)

9. C.F. Zhou, T. Liu, T. Wang, S. Kumar, ¡°PAN/SAN/SWNT ternary composite: Pore size control and electrochemical supercapacitor behavior¡±, Polymer, 47 (16), 5831 ~ 5837 (2006)

10. A. Rasheed, H.G. Chae, S. Kumar, M.D. Dadmun, ¡°Polymer nanotube nanocomposites: Correlating intermolecular interaction to ultimate properties¡±, Polymer, 47 (13), 4734 ~ 4741 (2006)

11. M.L. Minus, H.G. Chae, S. Kumar, ¡° Single wall carbon nanotube templated oriented crystallization of Poly(vinyl alcohol)¡±, Polymer, 47 (11), 3705 ~ 3710 (2006)

12. H.G. Chae, M.L. Minus, S. Kumar, ¡°Oriented and Exfoliated single wall carbon nanotubes in polyacrylonitrile¡±, Polymer, 47, (2006).

13. H.G. Chae, J. Liu, S. Kumar, ¡° Carbon nanotube  enabled materials¡±, in  Carbon Nanotubes, Taylor & Francis, 211-265 (2006).

14. H.G. Chae, S. Kumar, ¡°Polymer/Carbon nanotube composites¡±, Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research, 31, (2006).

15. H.G. Chae, T. Uchida, S. Kumar, ¡°Carbon nano fiber and carbon nanotubes/polymer composite fiber and film¡± in Nanoengineering of Structural, Functional, and Smart materials, ed. M.J. Schultz, A. Keller, and M. Sundaresan, CRC press, 281-310 (2005).

16. G.W. Lee, Y.B. Park, S. Kumar, ¡°Structure and properties of carbon nanotube based films and fibers¡±, in Functional Nanomaterials edited by G.E. Keckeler, E. Rosenberg, American Scientific Publisher (2005).

17. G.W. Lee, S. Kumar, ¡° Dispersion of nitric acid treated SWNTs in organic solvents and solvent mixtures¡±, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109 (36), 17128-17133 (2005).

18. T. Uchida, S. Kumar, ¡°Single wall carbon nanotube dispersion and exfoliation in polymers¡±, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 98 (3), 985-989 (2005).

19. C. Zhou, S. Kumar, C.D. Doyle, J.M. Tour, ¡°Functionalized single wall carbon nanotubes treated with pyrrole for electrochemical Supercapacitor membranes¡±, Chemistry of Materials, 17, 1997-2002 (2005).

20. B.G. Min, T.V. Sreekumar, T. Uchida, S. Kumar, ¡°Oxidative stabilization of PAN/SWNT composite fiber¡±, Carbon, 43 (3), 599-604 (2005).

21. H.G. Chae, T.V. Sreekumar, T. Uchida, S. Kumar, ¡°A comparison of reinforcement efficiency of various types of carbon nanotubes in polyacrylonitrile fiber¡±, Polymer, 46, 10925-10935 (2005).

22. H. Guo, T.V. Sreekumar, T. Liu, M. Minus, S. Kumar, ¡° Structure and properties of polyacrylonitrile/single wall carbon Nanotube composite films¡±, Polymer, 46, 3001-3005 (2005).

23. J. Liu, T. Wang, T. Uchida, S. Kumar, ¡°SWNT core – Polymer shell Nano Fiber¡±, J. Appl.Poly. Sci.,96, 1992–1995 (2005).

24. J. Liu, T. Liu, S. Kumar, ¡°Effect of Solvent Solubility Parameter on SWNT Dispersion in PMMA¡±, Polymer, 46(10), 3419-3424 (2005).

25. T.D. Dang, S. Kumar, T. Uchida, K.L. Strong, and N. Venkatasubramanian, ¡°Alignment of SWNTs in lyotropic rigid-rod polymer compositions¡±, Polyimides and Other High Temperature Polymers, Ed., K.L. Mittal, VSP (Netherlands) vol. 3, 517-533 (2005).

26. C.C. Topping, A.R. Bhattacharyya, S. Kumar, ¡°Melt processing of SWCNT-polyimide nanocomposite fibers¡±, Composites (Part B), 35, 439-446 (2004).

27. E.J. Siochi, D.C. Working, C.Park, P.T. Lillehei, J.H. Rouse, C.C. Topping, A.R. Bhattacharyya, S.Kumar, ¡°Melt processing of SWCNT-polyimide nanocomposite fibers¡±, Composites Part B, 35, 439-446 (2004).

28. X. Zhang, T.V. Sreekumar, T. Liu, S. Kumar, ¡°Properties and structure of nitric acid oxidized single wall carbon nanotube films, J. Phys. Chem B, 108, 16435-16440 (2004).

29. S.H. Kim, B.G. Min, S.C. Lee, S.B. Park, T.D. Lee, M. Park, S. Kumar, ¡°Morphology and properties of polyacrylonitrile/single wall carbon nanotube composite films, Fibers and Polymers, 45 (3), 198-203 (2004).

30. X. Zhang, T.V. Sreekumar, T. Liu, S. Kumar, ¡°Gel spinning of PVA/SWNT composite fiber¡±, Polymer 45 (26), 8801-8807 (2004).

31. W. Zhou, K. I. Winey, J. E. Fischer, T. V. Sreekumar, S. Kumar and H. Kataura. ¡°Out-of-plane preferred orientation of SWNT films.¡± Applied Phys Lett. 84 (12) 2172 (2004).

32. J. Zeng, B. Saltysiak, W.S. Johnson, D.A. Schiraldi, and S. Kumar, ¡° Processing and Properties of Poly(methyl metahcrylate)/Carbon Nano Fiber Composites, ¡° Composites (Part B), 35, 173-178 (2004).

33. T.V. Sreekumar, T. Liu, B.G. Min, H. Guo, S. Kumar, R.H. Hauge, and R.E. Smalley, ¡°SWNT/PAN Composite Fibers,¡° Advanced Materials, 16, 58-61 (2004).

34. S. Kumar, ¡°Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Composites: Opportunites and Challenges¡±, International Symposium on Nanostructured Polymeric Materials, Tokyo, Japan, December 4-5, 2003.

35. T. V. Sreekumar, Tao Liu, Satish Kumar, Lars M. Ericson, R. H. Hauge and Richard E. Smalley. ¡°Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Films¡±. Chemistry of Materials, 15, 175 (2003).

36.  X. Zhang, T. Liu, T.V. Sreekumar, S. Kumar, V.C. Moore, R.H. Hauge, and R.E. Smalley, ¡°Poly(vinyl alcohol)/SWNT Composite Film,¡° Nanoletters, 3, 1285-1288 (2003).

37. Tao Liu, Satish Kumar, ¡°Effect of Orientation on the Modulus of SWNT Films and Fibers, Nano Letters, 3, 647 – 650 (2003)

38. T. Liu, and S. Kumar, ¡°Quantitative Characterization of SWNT Orientation by Polarized Raman Spectroscopy,¡± Chemical Physics Letters, 378 (3-4), 257-262 (2003).

39. T. Liu, T.V. Sreekumar, S. Kumar, R.H. Hauge, and R.E. Smalley, ¡°SWNT/PAN Composite Film-based Supercapacitor,¡± Carbon, 41, 2440-2442 (2003).

40. A. R. Bhattacharyya, T.V. Sreekumar, Tao Liu, S. Kumar, L.M. Ericson, R.H. Hauge, and R.E. Smalley, ¡° Crystallization behaviour of polypropylene/single wall carbon nano tube composites¡±, Polymer, 44, 2373-2377 (2003).

41. H. Ma, J. Zeng, M.L. Realff, S. Kumar, and D.A. Schiraldi, ¡°Structure, properties, and processing of polyester/nano carbon composite fibers¡±, Composites Science and Technology, 63, 1617-1628 (2003).

42. S. Kumar, T.D. Dang, F.E. Arnold, A.R. Bhattacharyya, B.G. Min, X. Zhang, R.A. Vaia, C. Park, W.W. Adams, R.H. Hauge, R.E. Smalley, S. Ramesh, and P.A. Willis, ¡°Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of PBO/SWNT Composites¡±, Macromolecules, 35, 9036-9043 (2002).

43. S. Kumar, H. Doshi, M. Srinivasarao, and J.O. Park, ¡°Fibers from polypropylene/nano carbon composites, Polymer, 43, 1701-1703 (2002).

44. S. Kumar, Tao Liu, T.V. Sreekumar, Tetsuya Uchida, X.Zhang, and Young-Bin Park, ¡°Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Composites: Challenges and Opportunities¡±, SAMPE, Long Beach, CA, May 16-20, 2004.

45. S. Kumar, Tetsuya Uchida, Thuy Dang,  X.Zhang, and Young-Bin Park, ¡°Polymer/Carbon Nano Fiber Composites Fibers¡±, SAMPE, Long Beach, CA, May 16-20, 2004.

 

 

Other Publications

 

1. T. Uchida, D.P. Anderson, M. Minus, S. Kumar, ¡° Morphology and modulus of vapor grown carbon nano fibers¡±, J. Mater. Sci., (in press 2006)

2. H.G. Chae, S. Kumar, ¡°Rigid rod polymeric fibers¡±, J. Appl. Poly. Sci. (in press 2005)

3. M. Minus, S. Kumar, ¡°The processing, properties, and structure of carbon fibers¡±, JOM, Publication of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, 57, 52-58 (2005).

4. T. Uchida, T.D. Dang, B.G.Min, X. Zhang, S. Kumar, ¡°Processing Structure and Mechanical Properties of PZBT/Carbon Nano Fiber Composite Fiber¡±, Composites (Part B), 36, 183-187 (2005).

5. B.G. Min, S. Kumar, D.A. Schiraldi, M.R. Hibbs, H. Ma, and D.M. Collard, ¡°Sequence Ananlysis and Properties of a Blend of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) and Poly(ethylene terephthalate-co-4,4 ¡®bibenzoate)¡±, Accepted J. Appl. Polym. Sci.

6. H. Ma, M. Vargas, D.M. Collard, S. Kumar, D.A. Schiraldi, ¡°Crosslinking Studies on Poly (ethylene terephthalate-co-1,4 phenylene biscrylate),¡± J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 91, 1698-1702 (2004).

7. X. Hu, S. Jenkins, B.G. Min, M. B. Polk, and S. kumar, ¡°Rigid-rod Polymers: Synthesis, Processing, Simulation, Structure, and Properties¡±, Macromol. Mater. Engr., 288, 823-843 (2003).

8. X. Zhang, B.G. Min, and S. Kumar, ¡° Solution Spinning and Characterization of Poly (vinyl alcohol)/Soybean Protein Blend Fibers¡±, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 90, 716-721 (2003).

9. F. Yang, Y. Bai, B.G. Min, S. Kumar and M.B. Polk, ¡°Synthesis and Properties of Star-like Wholly Aromatic Polyester Fibers¡±, Polymer, 44, 3837-3846 (2003).

10. W. Huh, S. Kumar, and W.W. Adams, ¡°Microstructure Analysis of High Performance Fibers in Compression¡±, Polymer Engineering and Science, 43, 684-692 (2003).

11. Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, M.B. Polk, S. Kumar, and J.D. Muzzy, ¡°Recycling of Carpet and Textile Fibers¡±, In Plastics and the Environment: A Handbook, editor Dr. A.L. Andrady, John  Wiley & Sons, 665-693 (2002).

12. H. Ma, H. Hibbs, D.M. Collard, S. Kumar, and D.A. Schiraldi, ¡°Fiber Spinning, Structure and Porpeties of Poly (ethylene terephthalate-co-4,4¡¯-bibenzoate) copolyesters¡±, Macromolecules, 35, 5123-5130 (2002).

13. S. Jenkins, K.I. Jacob, And S. Kumar, : Effect of Electron radiation on mono– and di-methyl pendant PBZT fibers¡±, J. Materials Sci., 37, 2461-2466 (2002).

14. S. Jenkins, K. I. Jacob, M. B. Polk, S. Kumar, T. D. Dang , and F. E. Arnold, ¡° Reaction-induced strain in rigid-rod polymeric fibers¡±, Macromolecules, 33, 9060-9068 (2002).

15. S. Jenkins, K. I. Jacob, M. B. Polk, S. Kumar, T. D. Dang, and F. E. Arnold, ¡°Structure, morphology, and properties of methyl pendant PBI and PBZT,¡± Macromolecules, 33, 8731-8738 (2002).

16. B. Yang, V. Kozey, S. Adanur, and S. Kumar, ¡° Bending, compression, and shear behavior of woven glass fiber/epoxy composites. Composites (Part B), 31B, , (2000).

17. S. Jenkins, K. I. Jacob, and S. Kumar, ¡°On the effects of hydrogen bonding in rigid-rod polymers¡±, J. Polym. Sci. (Phys ed.), 38, , (2000).

18. S. Jenkins, K. I. Jacob, and S. Kumar, ¡°Crosslinking studies in rigid and semi-rigid polymers¡±, in Heterophase Polymer Network Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties, Gordon and Breach Publishing House, editor B. Rozenberg, (2000).

19. S. Jenkins, K. Jacob, and S. Kumar, ¡°Potential for crosslinking in poly (p-phenylene terephthalamide) containing the diacetylene functionality¡±. J. Molecular Structures, 525, 277 - 286 (2000).

20. X. Hu, M. B. Polk, and S. Kumar, ¡°Synthesis, processing, and properties of tetramethyl biphenyl PBZT / PBZT copolymer fiber¡±. Macromolecules, 33, 3342-3348, (2000).

21. Y. Zhang, S. Ghasemzadeh, A. M. Kotliar, S. Kumar, S. Presnell, and L. D. Williams, ¡°Fibers from soybean protein and poly (vinyl alcohol), J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 71, 11-19 (1999).

22. V. R. Mehta and S. Kumar, ¡°Structure, morphology, and properties of PBZT and methyl pendant PBZT fibers¡±.J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 73, 305-314 (1999).

23. Y. Zhang, J. D. Muzzy, and S. Kumar, ¡°Recycling Carpet Waste by Injection and Compression Molding¡±, Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering, 38, 485-498 (1999).

24. S. Kumar, ¡°Plastics, Rubbers, and Textiles in the Municipal Solid Waste¡±, Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering, 38, 401- 410 (1999).

25. X. Hu, S. Kumar, M. B. Polk, and D. L. VanderHart, ¡°Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(benzobisthiazole) with Tetramethylbiphenyl Moiety in the Main Chain¡±, J. Polymer Sci. (Chem. ed.), 36, 1407-1416 (1998).

26. X. Hu, S. Kumar, M. B. Polk, and L. Gelbaum, ¡°Synthesis of 2,2¡¯, 6,6¡¯ - Tetramethylbiphenyl - 4,4¡¯-Dibenzthiazole¡±, Synthetic Communications, 28 (11), 2049-2055 (1998).

27. S. Jenkins, K. Jacob, and S. Kumar, ¡°Modeling the effect of crosslinking in methyl-pendant poly (p-phenylene benzobisthiazole)¡±.J. Polymer Sci. (Phys. ed.), 36, 3057-3064 (1998).

28. S. Kumar and V. B. Gupta, Manufactured fibers for high performance, industrial and non-conventional applications in Manufactured Fiber Technology, editors V. B. Gupta and V. K. Kothari, Chapman & Hall, London, 514 - 559 (1997).

29. S. Kumar and Y. Wang, Fibers, Fabrics, and Fillers , in Composites Engineering Handbook, editor P. K. Mallick, Marcel Dekker, 51 - 100 (1997).

30. V. R. Mehta, S. Kumar, M. B. Polk, D. L. Vanderhart, F. E. Arnold, and T. Dang, On the evidence of crosslinking in the methyl pendent PBZT fiber , J. Polym. Sci. (Phys. ed.), 34, 1881-1891 (1996).

31. S. Kumar, Rigid-rod Polybenzoxazoles and Polybenzothiazoles (PBZT and PBO) in Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia, editor J. C. Salamone, CRC press, 10, 7512 - 7520 (1996).

32. J. W. Connolly, D. S. Dudis, S. Kumar, L. T. Gelbaum, and N. Venkatasubramanian, On the structure of the soluble Lewis acid poly (p-phenylene benzobisthiazole) and poly (p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) complexes , Chemistry of Materials, 8, 54-59 (1996).

33. X. Hu, S. Kumar, and M. B. Polk, Synthesis and characterization of poly (benzobisthiazole) with a substituted biphenyl moiety in the main chain , Macromolecules, 29, 3787-3792 (1996).

34. R. K. Datta, M. B. Polk, and S. Kumar, Reactive compatibilization of polypropylene and nylon , Polymer Plastics Technology and Engr. J., 34, 571-580 (1995).

35. M. Sahafeyan and S. Kumar, Tensile and compressive behavior of poly (p-phenylene benzobisthiazole) , J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 56, 517-526 (1995).

36. N. Khosravi, S. B. Warner, N. S. Murthy, and S. Kumar, Morphology of gel-spun polyethylene fibers , J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 57, 781-787 (1995).

37. V. V. Kozey, H. Jiang, V. R. Mehta, and S. Kumar, Compression behavior of materials: Part II - High performance fibers , Mater. Research Journal, 10, 1044-1061 (1995).

38. V. R. Mehta and S. Kumar, Temperature dependent torsional properties of high performance fibers and their relevance to compressive strength , J. Material Sci., 29, 3658-3664 (1994).

39. V. V. Kozey and S. Kumar, Compression behavior of materials: Part I - glassy polymers , Mater. Research Journal, 9, 2717-2726 (1994).

40. S. Kumar, S. Warner, D. T. Grubb, and W. W. Adams, On the small angle x-ray scattering of rigid rod polymer fibers , Polymer, 35, 5408 - 5412 (1994).

41. Kumar, Satish, D.P. Anderson, and A. S. Crasto, "Carbon Fiber Compressive Strength and its Dependence on Structure and Morphology", Journal of Material Science, v28, pg. 423, (1993)

42. M. Furuyama, M. Higuchi, K. Kubomura, H. Sunago, H. Jiang, and S. Kumar, "Compressive Properties of Single Filament Carbon Fibers", Journal of Material Science, v28, pg. 1611, (1993)

43. N. Venkatasubramanian, M. B. Polk, S. Kumar, and L. T. Gelbaum, "Structural Investigations on Lewis Acid Mediated Solubilization of Poly(para phenylene benzobisthiazole) in an Aprotic Solvent", Journal of Polymer Science, v31, pg. 1965-1973, (1993).

44. S. Fidan, A. Palazotto, C. T. Tsai, and S. Kumar, Compressive properties of high performance polymeric fibers , Composites Sci. Tech., 49, 291-297 (1993).

45. W. W. Adams and S. Kumar, "Conventional and molecular composites - past, present, and future", in Ultrastructure Processing of Advanced Materials, editors D. R. Uhlmann and D. R. Ulrich, John Wiley, 343- 359 (1992).

46. S. Kumar, "Ordered polymeric fibers", in International Encyclopedia of Composites, editor S. M. Lee, VCH Publishers, New York, 4, 51-74 (1991).

47. H. Jiang, P. Desai, S. Kumar, and A. S. Abhiraman, "Carbon fibers from High Performance PBZT fibers: conversion and morphological aspects." Carbon, v29, pg. 635, (1991)

48. Kumar, Satish, "Advances in High Performance Fibers", Indian Journal of Textile & Fiber Research, v16(3), pg. 52, (1991)

49. Kumar, Satish and Adams, W. W., "Electron Beam Damage in High Temperature Polymers", Journal of Polymer Science, v31, pg. 15, (1990).

50. Adams, W. W., Kumar, S., Martin, D. C., and Shimamura, "Lattice Imaging of Poly(p-phenylene Benzobisoxazole) (PBO) Fiber", Polymer Communication, v30, pg. 285, (1989).

51. Kumar, Satish, Adams, W. W., and Helminiak, T. E., "Uniaxial Compressive Strength of High Modulus Fibers for Composites", Journal Reinforced Plastics and Composites, v7, pg. 108 (1988).

52. Kumar, Satish and Wang, C. S., "X-ray Study of Bulk PBZT/Nylon 6,6 Composite", Polymer Communications, v29, pg. 355, (1988).

53. Kumar, Satish and Adams, W. W., "Structural Studies of Epoxy and Acetylene terminated Resins", Journal of Polymer Science, v28, pg. 1497, (1987).

54. Kumar, Satish and Stein, R. S., "A Fourier Transformed Dynamic Birefringence Apparatus", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, v34, pg. 1693, (1987).

55. Kumar, Satish, Mead, W. T., and Stein, R. S., "Dynamic Birefringence Studies on Acrylonitrile Copolymers", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, v34, pg. 1703, (1987).

56. Kumar, Satish and Pineri, M., "Interpretation of Small Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering Data of Perfluorosulfonated Ionomer Membranes", Journal of Polymer Science, v24, pg. 1767, (1986).

57. Kumar, Satish, Anderson, D.P., and Adams, W. W., "Crystallization and Morphology of Poly(aryl ether ether ketone)", Journal of Polymer Science, v27, pg. 329, (1986)

58. Kumar, Satish, and Stein, R. S., "Orientation in Acrylonitrile Copolymers", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, v27, pg. 3407, (1982).

59. Gupta, V. B. and Kumar, Satish, "The Intrinsic Birefringence of PET", Journal of Polymer Science, v17, pg. 1307, (1979).

60. Gupta, V. B. and Kumar, Satish, "Determination of Crystallite Orientation in PET Fibers", Textile Research Journal, v49, pg. 405, (1979).

Publications to Date

School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering.