High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Oxidative treatment of carbon nanotubes by hydrogen peroxide
and O
2
plasma for rapid manufacturing applications
G.V. Salmoria, I. Michelena, G.M.O. Barra & L.F. Vieira
Laboratório CIMJECT, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina,
Florianópolis SC Brasil
R.A. Paggi
Laboratório POLINEXT, Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina, Caçador, SC, Brasil
ABSTRACT: Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been used in additive fabrication process, such
as stereolithography, selective laser sintering, and in casting and injection molding. The MWCNTs consist on
orderly materials with C-C and C=Csp
2
chemical bonds. In order ...