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Erik T. Thostenson is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research spans across engineering and materials science, with a notable focus on biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, electrical and electronic engineering, and pollution. Their work intersects several advanced topics in material development and sensor applications.

Their main topics of research include advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, conducting polymers and applications, carbon nanotubes in composites, smart materials for construction, electrophoretic deposition in materials science, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and graphene research and applications.

Thostenson has contributed to multiple scientific articles, some of which have garnered significant citations. Selected recent papers include:

  • Scalable and multifunctional carbon nanotube-based textile as distributed sensors for flow and cure monitoring (2020), published in Carbon
  • Comparative study of the thermoresistive behavior of carbon nanotube-based nanocomposites and multiscale hybrid composites (2021), published in Composites Part B Engineering
  • Ultrahigh sensitivity wearable sensors enabled by electrophoretic deposition of carbon nanostructured composites onto everyday fabrics (2022), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Development of Stable Boron Nitride Nanotube and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Dispersions for Electrophoretic Deposition (2020), published in Langmuir
  • Rapid Nanowelding of Carbon Coatings onto Glass Fibers by Electrothermal Shock (2020), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thostenson include Sagar M. Doshi, Dae Han Sung, Andrew N. Rider, Amit Chaudhari, and Colleen Murray. These partnerships have contributed to a number of publications advancing the fields of materials science and engineering.

The scientist's work has appeared often in publication venues such as Composites Part B Engineering, Composites Science and Technology, Sensors, arXiv (Cornell University), and Carbon, reflecting a diverse dissemination of research results in relevant interdisciplinary journals.

Best Publications

  • Advances in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and their composites: a review

    Erik T Thostenson;Zhifeng Ren;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • Nanocomposites in context

    Erik T. Thostenson;Chunyu Li;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • Microwave processing: fundamentals and applications

    E.T. Thostenson;T.-W. Chou

  • Sensors and actuators based on carbon nanotubes and their composites: A review

    Chunyu Li;Erik T. Thostenson;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • Multiscale carbon nanotube-carbon fiber reinforcement for advanced epoxy composites.

    Bekyarova E;Thostenson Et;Yu A;Kim H

  • Carbon nanotube/carbon fiber hybrid multiscale composites

    E. T. Thostenson;W. Z. Li;D. Z. Wang;Z. F. Ren

  • Aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube-reinforced composites: processing and mechanical characterization

    Erik T Thostenson;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • Carbon Nanotube Networks: Sensing of Distributed Strain and Damage for Life Prediction and Self Healing

    Erik T. Thostenson;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • On the elastic properties of carbon nanotube-based composites: modelling and characterization

    Erik T Thostenson;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • Dominant role of tunneling resistance in the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube-based composites

    Chunyu Li;Erik T. Thostenson;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • Processing-structure-multi-functional property relationship in carbon nanotube/epoxy composites

    Erik T. Thostenson;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • An assessment of the science and technology of carbon nanotube-based fibers and composites

    Tsu-Wei Chou;Limin Gao;Erik T. Thostenson;Zuoguang Zhang

  • Real-time in situ sensing of damage evolution in advanced fiber composites using carbon nanotube networks.

    Erik T Thostenson;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • Multi-scale hybrid biocomposite: Processing and mechanical characterization of bamboo fiber reinforced PLA with microfibrillated cellulose

    Kazuya Okubo;Toru Fujii;Erik T. Thostenson

  • Electrophoretic deposition of carbon nanotubes onto carbon-fiber fabric for production of carbon/epoxy composites with improved mechanical properties

    Qi An;Andrew N. Rider;Erik T. Thostenson

  • Sensing of Damage Mechanisms in Fiber-Reinforced Composites under Cyclic Loading using Carbon Nanotubes

    Limin Gao;Erik T. Thostenson;Zuoguang Zhang;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • Effect of nanotube waviness on the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube-based composites

    Chunyu Li;Erik T. Thostenson;Tsu-Wei Chou

  • Carbon Nanotube-Based Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites

    Gaurav Pandey;Erik T. Thostenson

  • Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Carbon Fiber−Epoxy Composites†

    Elena Bekyarova;Erik T. Thostenson;Aiping Yu;Mikhail E. Itkis

  • In situ sensing of impact damage in epoxy/glass fiber composites using percolating carbon nanotube networks

    Limin Gao;Tsu-Wei Chou;Erik T. Thostenson;Zuoguang Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsu-Wei Chou
Tsu-Wei Chou University of Delaware
Dirk Heider
Dirk Heider University of Delaware
John W. Gillespie
John W. Gillespie University of Delaware
Aiping Yu
Aiping Yu University of Waterloo
Robert C. Haddon
Robert C. Haddon University of California, Riverside
Elena Bekyarova
Elena Bekyarova University of California, Riverside
Zhifeng Ren
Zhifeng Ren University of Houston
Mikhail E. Itkis
Mikhail E. Itkis University of California, Riverside
Woong-Ryeol Yu
Woong-Ryeol Yu Seoul National University
Hao Fong
Hao Fong South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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