Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanocomposites

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1852-1857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzhu Yu ◽  
Yang Kang Juay ◽  
Ming Shyan Young
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Methyl Methacrylate ◽  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Decomposition Temperature ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Multiwall Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Melt Blending ◽  
Poly Methyl Methacrylate ◽  
Polymer Properties ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride

Multiwall carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanocomposites have been successfully fabricated with melt blending. Two melt blending approaches of batch mixing and continuous extrusion have been used and the properties of the derived nanocomposites have been compared. The interaction of PMMA and CNTs, which is crucial to greatly improve the polymer properties, has been physically enhanced by adding a third party of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) compatibilizer. It is found that the electrical threshold for both PMMA/CNT and PMMA/PVDF/CNT nanocomposites lies between 0.5 to 1 wt% of CNTs. The thermal and mechanical properties of the nanocomposites increase with CNTs and they are further increased by the addition of PVDF. For 5 wt% CNT reinforced PMMA/PVDF/CNT nanocomposite, the onset of decomposition temperature is about 17 °C higher and elastic modulus is about 19.5% higher than those of neat PMMA. Rheological study also shows that the CNTs incorporated in the PMMA/PVDF/CNT nanocomposites act as physical cross-linkers.

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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biswajit Mahanty ◽  
Sujoy Kumar Ghosh ◽  
Kuntal Maity ◽  
KRITTISH ROY ◽  
Subrata Sarkar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Electrospun Nanofibers ◽  
Multiwall Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Self Powered ◽  
Health Care Monitoring ◽  
Multiwall Carbon ◽  
Piezo Electric

In this work, an all-fiber pyro- and piezo-electric nanogenerator (PPNG) is designed by multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) doped poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) electrospun nanofibers as the active layer and interlocked conducting...

Formation of aramid-silica-grafted-multi-walled carbon nanotube-based nanofiber via the sol-gel route: thermal and mechanical profile of hybrids with poly(methyl methacrylate)

e-Polymers ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
Ayesha Kausar
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Methyl Methacrylate ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Tensile Modulus ◽  
Electrospun Nanofibers ◽  
Decomposition Temperature ◽  
Filler Loading ◽  
Silica Network ◽  
Poly Methyl Methacrylate ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotube

AbstractIn this study, thermally and mechanically stable poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-based nanocomposites were produced through the reinforcement of electrospun aramid-silica-grafted multi-walled carbon nanotube-based nanofibers (MWCNT-Ar-Si). The multi-walled carbon nanotube was initially modified to prepare an isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane-grafted MWCNT via the sol-gel route using 3-isocyanatopropyl-triethoxysilane and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). The silica network was developed and linked to MWCNT by hydrolysis and condensation of TEOS. The said isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane-grafted MWCNT was electrospun with the aramid solution. The electrospun MWCNT-Ar-Si nanofibers (0.1–1 wt.%) were then reinforced in a PMMA matrix. For comparative analysis, PMMA was also reinforced with 0.1–1 wt.% of aramid nanofibers. The tensile modulus of PMMA/MWCNT-Ar-Si 0.1 was 5.11 GPa, which was increased to 13.1 GPa in PMMA/MWCNT-Ar-Si 1. The 10% decomposition temperature of PMMA/MWCNT-Ar-Si 0.1–1 hybrids was in the range of 479–531°C. The glass transition temperature, determined from the maxima of tan δ data using dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, showed an increase with the filler loading and was maximum (301°C) for PMMA/MWCNT-Ar-Si 1 with 1 wt.% of MWCNT-Ar-Si nanofibers. In contrast, PMMA/Ar 0.1–1 hybrids showed lower values in the thermal and the mechanical profile depicting the combined effect of nanotube and aramid in electrospun nanofibers.

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