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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 46, Issue 5, Pages 1542-1550Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-010-4959-5
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20734005, 50973074]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-08-0382]
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The non-isothermal and isothermal crystallization of poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)/multiple-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) composites containing pristine (MWNT1) and carboxyl group (-COOH) functionalized MWNT (MWNT2) were investigated. The effects of MWNT on the crystallization behavior of PVDF were dependent on the dispersion state of MWNT. Pristine MWNT could increase the nucleation due to better dispersion, and thus, PVDF/MWNT1 composites exhibited higher crystallization peak temperatures (T (cp)s) and crystallinities (X (c)s) compared with PVDF/MWNT2 composites. Meanwhile, the formation of MWNT network confined the growth of crystals. For the isothermal crystallization, MWNT acted as nucleating agents, and the crystallization rate constant k was increased with the addition of MWNT. Besides, the half crystallization time, t (0.5), was remarkably shortened with the increase of MWNT content, especially for the pristine MWNT.
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