Mechanical testing of pyrolysed poly-furfuryl alcohol nanofibres

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/18/11/115704

Mechanical testing of pyrolysed poly-furfuryl alcohol nanofibres

B A Samuel et al 2007 Nanotechnology 18 115704 (8pp) doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/11/115704

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B A Samuel¹, M A Haque^1,3, Bo Yi², R Rajagopalan² and H C Foley²
¹ Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
² Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
³ Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed
E-mail: mah37@psu.edu

Abstract. We present experimental results on the characterization of the mechanical properties of pyrolysed poly-furfuryl alcohol (PFA) nanofibres. Specifically, Young's modulus and the fracture strain of the nanofibres were measured by performing uni-axial tensile experiments on individual nanofibres in situ in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) using a microfabricated tensile testing device. The nanofibres tested varied in diameter from 150 to 300 nm. Young's modulus is observed to be within the 1.3–2 GPa range.

Print publication: Issue 11 (21 March 2007)
Received 14 October 2006, in final form 29 December 2006
Published 7 February 2007

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