Reinforcing polymer composites with epoxide-grafted carbon nanotubes. Academic Article

abstract

• An in situ functionalization method was used to graft epoxide onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and improve the integration of SWNTs into epoxy polymer. The characterization results of Raman, FT-IR and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) validated the successful functionalization with epoxide. These functionalized SWNTs were used to fabricate nanocomposites, resulting in uniform dispersion and strong interfacial bonding. The mechanical test demonstrated that, with only 1wt% loading of functionalized SWNTs, the tensile strength of nanocomposites was improved by 40%, and Young's modulus by 60%.These results suggested that efficient load transfer has been achieved through epoxide-grafting. This investigation provided an efficient way to improve the interfacial bonding of multifunctional high-performance nanocomposites for lightweight structure material applications.

authors

• Wang, Shiren

published proceedings

• Nanotechnology

author list (cited authors)

• Wang, S., Liang, R., Wang, B., & Zhang, C.

citation count

• 32

complete list of authors

• Wang, Shiren||Liang, Richard||Wang, Ben||Zhang, Chuck

publication date

• February 2008

publisher

• IOP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Nanotechnology  Journal

keywords

• Bioengineering
• Nanotechnology

PubMed Central ID

• 21730741

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1088/0957-4484/19/8/085710

start page

• 085710

end page

• 085710

volume

• 19

issue

• 8

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/19/8/085710