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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2008, Article ID 834248, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2008/834248 Research Article Effects of CNT Diameter on the Uniaxial Stress-Strain Behavior of CNT/Epoxy Composites N. Yu and Y. W. Chang Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan135 Yuan-Tung Road, Chungli 32003, Taiwan Correspondence should be addressed to N. Yu, nyu@.tw Received 21 February 2008; Revised 15 June 2008; Accepted 6 August 2008 Recommended by Ching Ping Wong The present work studies the effects of the diameter of carbon nanotube (CNT) as well as CNT weight fraction on the uniaxial stress-strain behavior, stiffness, and strength of CNT-reinforced epoxy-matrix composites. The experimental results show that average Young’s moduli of 5 wt%-CNT/epoxy composites with a CNT diameter D 20 nm and D = 40∼60 nm are 4.56 GPa and 4.36 GPa, and the average tensile strengths are 52.89 MPa and 46.80 MPa, respectively, which corresponds to a percentage increase of 61.1%, 54.1%, 106%, and 82.3%, respectively. Two micromechanics models are employed and the predicted Young’s moduli are benchmarked with the experimental data of MWCNT-reinforced epoxy-matrix composites. Copyright © 2008 N. Yu and Y. W. Chang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1. INTRODUCTION the tensile strength of epoxy filled with well-dispersed CNTs increased as the CNT weight fraction increased, yet that of In view of its excellent stiffness an