要約

Specific results of theoretical computational and experimental assessments of physico-mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and prospects of their use as functional additives in elastomer matrices are discussed. In particular: quantum-mechanical calculations of CNT mechanical and strength properties were made in a cluster approximation; multiwall CNTs were synthesized by catalytic pyrolysis of acetylene on cobalt and iron catalyst systems at the Institute of Applied Mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences; the resultant products were characterized by modern structural methods; samples based on a butadiene-styrene elastomer matrix were prepared and their mechanical properties were investigated, and the reinforcement effect was evaluated.