Journal
POLYMER TESTING
Volume 64, Issue -, Pages 1-11Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2017.09.026
Keywords
Blend nanocomposites; Co-continuous morphology; SAXS; Modulated temperature DSC; X-ray micro-computed tomography
Funding
- Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. Of India, New Delhi [1(02)/2012 EMCD]
- DST Nanomision
- DST-PURSE
- UGC-SAP - Govt. Of India
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The influence of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on phase morphology, lamellar structure, thermal stability, melting behaviour and isothermal crystallisation kinetics of polycarbonate/polypropylene (PC/PP) blend nanocomposites has been investigated. Both neat blends and PC/PP (60/40)/MWCNT nanocomposites were prepared by melt mixing method. Morphological analyses were performed by high-resolution X-ray micro-computed tomography and scanning electron microscopy. The co-continuous morphology of the blend was retained irrespective of MWCNT loading. In addition, a substantial refinement in the co-continuous structure was observed. Wide angle and small angle X-ray scattering studies were used to analyse the structural properties of the blend nanocomposites. The addition of MWCNT increases the long period of polypropylene. The influence of addition of MWCNT on the crystallisation temperature and equilibrium melting temperature (Tm degrees) of polypropylene was followed. The MWCNTs promote crystallisation rate of polypropylene in the blend nanocomposites. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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