Polyazomethine/carbon nanotube composites

Composites were synthesized by in-situ poymerization of polyazomethine, a liquid crystal-polymer (LCP), in presence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes'(MWNTs) previously dispersed in one of the employed monomers. Fiber processing was carried out by extrusion from the composites containing I and 10 wt.% of MANTs at the mesophase temperature. We have observed that the typical highly oriented internal fibrillar structure can be significantly disrupted by increasing the nanotube content in the composite fibers. Evidences of MWNT alignment were found in the studied LCP/MWNT composites. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.