Tensile properties and electrical conductivity of epoxy composite thin films containing zinc oxide quantum dots and multi-walled carbon nanotubes

In situ surface-decoration of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles was used to disentangle multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in epoxy. Pristine MWCNTs (P-MWCNTs) and oxidized MWCNTs (O-MWCNTs) were incorporated, with and without ZnO-functionalization, into an aerospace-grade epoxy matrix at 1.7 wt% to investigate how ZnO functionalization influences their dispersion and effect on the properties of epoxy. It was observed that epoxy composites...