The improved foaming behavior of PLA caused by the enhanced rheology properties and crystallization behavior via synergistic effect of carbon nanotubes and graphene

2021 ◽  
pp. 51874
Author(s):  
Shaojie Li ◽  
Xia Liao ◽  
Wei Xiao ◽  
Qiuyue Jiang ◽  
Guangxian Li
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingjie Li ◽  
Xuan Zheng ◽  
Xiang Li ◽  
Youjun Yu ◽  
Jinlong Jiang

Recently, transition metal selenides have been investigated extensively as promising electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors. Herein, the multi-component CoSe2/CNTs@g-C3N4 composites are prepared using a two-step hydrothermal method by incorporating one-dimensional...


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Yi-Ming Jen ◽  
Hao-Huai Chang ◽  
Chien-Min Lu ◽  
Shin-Yu Liang

Even though the characteristics of polymer materials are sensitive to temperature, the mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites have rarely been studied before, especially for the fatigue behavior of hybrid polymer nanocomposites. Hence, the tensile quasi-static and fatigue tests for the epoxy nanocomposites reinforced with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) were performed at different temperatures in the study to investigate the temperature-dependent synergistic effect of hybrid nano-fillers on the studied properties. The temperature and the filler ratio were the main variables considered in the experimental program. A synergistic index was employed to quantify and evaluate the synergistic effect of hybrid fillers on the studied properties. Experimental results show that both the monotonic and fatigue strength decrease with increasing temperature significantly. The nanocomposites with a MWCNT (multi-walled CNT): GNP ratio of 9:1 display higher monotonic modulus/strength and fatigue strength than those with other filler ratios. The tensile strengths of the nanocomposite specimens with a MWCNT:GNP ratio of 9:1 are 10.0, 5.5, 12.9, 23.4, and 58.9% higher than those of neat epoxy at −28, 2, 22, 52, and 82 °C, respectively. The endurance limits of the nanocomposites with this specific filler ratio are increased by 7.7, 26.7, 5.6, 30.6, and 42.4% from those of pristine epoxy under the identical temperature conditions, respectively. Furthermore, the synergistic effect for this optimal nanocomposite increases with temperature. The CNTs bridge the adjacent GNPs to constitute the 3-D network of nano-filler and prevent the agglomeration of GNPs, further improve the studied strength. Observing the fracture surfaces reveals that crack deflect effect and the bridging effect of nano-fillers are the main reinforcement mechanisms to improve the studied properties. The pullout of nano-fillers from polymer matrix at high temperatures reduces the monotonic and fatigue strengths. However, high temperature is beneficial to the synergistic effect of hybrid fillers because the nano-fillers dispersed in the softened matrix are easy to align toward the directions favorable to load transfer.


2018 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 450-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajath Alexander ◽  
K.V. Ravikanth ◽  
Amit P. Srivastava ◽  
Madangopal Krishnan ◽  
Kinshuk Dasgupta

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 543-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Chen ◽  
S. Chen ◽  
J. Zhang

The surfactant, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (NaDDBS) and coupling agents, γ-aminopropyltriethoxy sliane (KH550) and isopropyl dioleic(dioctylphosphate) titanate (NDZ101) were used to treat multiwalled carbon nanotubes in this work. The effects of surface modification of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on crystallization behavior, mechanical properties, and electrical properties of low density polyethylene/polyolefin elastomer/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites were studied. The results showed that NaDDBS, KH550, and NDZ101 had a favorable effect of improving the dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes, but it cannot improve the interfacial interactionbetween multiwalled carbon nanotubes and the matrix. The improvement in dispersion favored the crystallization behavior and mechanical properties. Modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes had a better acceleration nucleation effect than raw multiwalled carbon nanotubes on low density polyethylene/polyolefin elastomer blends at low content (≤1 wt%). The tensile strength of low density polyethylene/polyolefin elastomer/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites with modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes increased with lower multiwalled carbon nanotubes content (≤1 wt%), and KH550 and NDZ101 led low density polyethylene/polyolefin elastomer/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites to possess a higher tensile strength than that of NaDDBS with 1 wt% content. NaDDBS, KH550, and NDZ101 had a minor influence on the dielectric properties of the composites and even caused a decrease in the dielectric loss of composites with 10 wt% multiwalled carbon nanotubes content.


2022 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 106598
Author(s):  
Chunlin Chen ◽  
Guoqing Xiao ◽  
Fei Zhong ◽  
Shaotang Dong ◽  
Zhengwei Yang ◽  
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