Experimental and theoretical results obtained for the shear strength of the interface between the carbon nanotube and the polymer matrix.

Observed strength	System	Author	Reference
47 MPa	Pull-out measurement of multi-walled carbon nanotubes from polyethylene-butene	Barber et al.	147
17–88 MPa	Pull-out tests of multi-walled carbon nanotubes from a polyethylene-butene matrix for various diameter nanotubes	Barber et al.	148
22–138 MPa	Pull-out measurement of chemically modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes from epoxy matrix	Barber et al.	149
170 MPa	Pull-out measurement for a carbon nanofiber–reinforced epoxy composite	Manoharan et al.	151
Larger than 160 MPa	Collagen wrapped single-walled carbon nanotube in polyvinyl alcohol matrix	Roy et al.	152
3.5–14 MPa	Pull-out tests of an individual multi-walled carbon nanotube from poly-ether-ether-ketone	Tsuda et al.	153
6.24 ± 3.6 MPa	Pull-out measurement for an individual multi-walled carbon nanotube from an epoxy matrix	Ganesan et al.	154
36–51 MPa	Pull-out tests of multi-walled carbon nanotubes from poly(methyl methacrylate)	Xu et al.	155
10.3–24.1 MPa	Multi-walled carbon nanotubes and epoxy using shear-lag analysis	Yashiro et al.	156