Modification of Epoxy Resins via m-chloroperbenzoic Acid-Epoxidized Carbon Nanotubes Academic Article

abstract

• In this article, epoxidized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are used to modify current epoxy resins. The produced epoxy groups on the nanotube surface significantly enriched nanotube chemistry and made them soluble in the organic solvents. Atomic force microscopy characterization indicated that epoxidized nanotubes were well dispersed in the organic solvent and most of them were isolated. Fracture surface of modified epoxy resins suggested that fracture toughness of the modified resins was significantly improved, demonstrating fracture characteristic of typical ductile materials. Epoxidized CNTs-modified epoxy resins demonstrated a 50% increase in the Young's modulus, 32% improvement in the tensile strength with 1 wt % loading. This study provides an effective way to synthesize novel epoxy resins. 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

authors

• Qiu, Jingjing
• Wang, Shiren

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

author list (cited authors)

• Wang, S., & Qiu, J.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Wang, Shiren||Qiu, Jingjing

publication date

• June 2009

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

keywords

• Carbon Nanotubes
• Nanocomposites
• Nanotechnology
• Surface Modification

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/app.29834

start page

• 3322

end page

• 3326

volume

• 112

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.29834