Surface modification of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) by plasma polymerization of methylmethacrylate and its effect on the properties of PMMA/CNF nanocomposites

e-Polymers ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neira-Velázquez María Guadalupe ◽  
Luis Francisco Ramos-de Valle ◽  
Ernesto Hernández-Hernández ◽  
Ivan Zapata-González

AbstractCarbon nanofibers (CNFs) were modified via plasma polymerization using methyl methacrylate (MMA) as monomer and used as reinforcements for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). Conditions of the MMA plasma process in a specially designed reactor and plasma-polymerized methyl methacrylate (PPMMA) films were studied. The study involved varying the process time at a constant plasma power of 100 W and a constant MMA flow rate (0.15 cm3 per min). Nanocomposites of PPMMA-coated CNFs and PMMA were prepared with 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 and 8.0 %wt of treated CNFs. The effect of the MMA plasma on the CNFs was analyzed. Dispersion of the modified CNFs was evaluated in several solvents. The results confirmed a change in hydrophobicity of the treated CNFs. The inclusion of treated CNFs exhibited substantial impact on the properties of the PMMA/CNF nanocomposites. The thermal and mechanical properties of the PMMA/CNF composites were examined. It was found that the thermal stability increased by about 8% and the Young´s modulus significantly enhanced by as much as 178% when compared to PMMA with no CNFs.

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (61) ◽  
pp. 35532-35538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinghua Yu ◽  
Juan Zhao ◽  
Wenjuan Wang ◽  
Jingjie Qi ◽  
Yi Hu

With bio-based monoester of acrylated isosorbide as the comonomer, copolymerized poly(methyl methacrylate) showed improved thermal stability and mechanical properties.


2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinpeng Shen ◽  
Zhitao Liu ◽  
Bin Xu ◽  
Hao Liang ◽  
Yao Zhu ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 730-733
Author(s):  
Zhi Dan Lin ◽  
Zi Xian Guan ◽  
Neng Sheng Liu ◽  
Zheng Jun Li

The composites of polypropylene (PP) and wasted PET fabric (WF) were prepared by extrusion blending and injection molding, and then, the interface of the composites was modified by two different types of compatibilizers, i.e., maleic anhydride grafted PP (PP-g-MA) and the mixture of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and styrene (St). The mechanical properties, morphology and thermal stability of these composites were studied.


2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 1159-1168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Animesh Sinha ◽  
Nazrul Islam Khan ◽  
Subhankar Das ◽  
Jiawei Zhang ◽  
Sudipta Halder

The effect of reactive (polyethylene glycol) and non-reactive (toluene) diluents on thermal and mechanical properties (tensile strength, hardness and fracture toughness) of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A epoxy resin (cured by triethylenetetramine) was investigated. The thermal stability and mechanical properties of the epoxy resin modified with reactive and non-reactive diluents at different wt% were investigated using thermo-gravimetric analyser, tensile test, hardness test and single-edge-notched bend test. A minor variation in thermal stability was observed for epoxy resin after addition of polyethylene glycol and toluene at 0.5 wt%; however, further addition of reactive and non-reactive diluents diminished the thermal stability. The addition of 10 wt% of polyethylene glycol in epoxy resin significantly enhances the tensile strength (∼12%), hardness (∼14%) and fracture toughness (∼24%) when compared to that of neat epoxy resin. In contrast, major drop in mechanical performance was observed after addition of toluene in epoxy. Furthermore, fracture surfaces were investigated under field emission scanning electron microscope to elucidate the failure mechanism.


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