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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 137, Issue 3, Pages 1053-1061Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.11.027
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Composite materials; Chemical synthesis; Thermal properties; Crystallization
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2011CB606005]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51073138]
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Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) was grafted onto multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) with high grafting degrees. The surface of MWNTs was first modified by 2-hydroxyethyl benzocyclobutene (BCB-EO) via a [2 + 4] cyclo-addition reaction. Polymerization of epsilon-caprolactone was conducted in the presence of BCB-EO modified MWNTs and the catalyst stannous octoate. Alternatively, the grafted-BCB-EO first reacted with CpTiCl3 and then the reactant was used to catalyze polymerization of epsilon-caprolactone. The grafting degrees of PCL prepared from BCB-EO modified MWNTs can reach at least 94%, much higher than those prepared by other two conventional methods. TEM result shows that the morphology and thickness of the grafted PCLs strongly depend on the grafting degree and grafting method. The crystallization and melting behaviors of the MWNTs-grafted PCL were investigated. MWNTs can exert both nucleation and confinement effects on crystallization of the grafted PCL, leading to lower crystallinity but higher crystallization temperature (T-c) and melting temperature (T-m) of the grafted PCLs. It is found that crystallinity of the grafted PCLs increases with the grafting degree, but T-c and T-m also depend on the molecular weight. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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