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JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART B-PHYSICS
Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 231-245Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00222340500522299
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polymer carbon nanotube nanocomposites; carbon nanotubes; single-walled nanotubes (SWNT); crystallization kinetics
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Polymer carbon nanotube nanocomposites (PCNs) represent the first realized major commercial application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). In this study, high density polyethylene (HDPE)/CNT PCNs have been prepared using a solution blending technique. Both pristine single-walked nanotubes (SWNT) and polyethylene (PE) single crystal decorated CNTs (so called nano hybrid shish kebabs, NHSKs) have been used as the precursors for PCN preparation. Polarized light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and thermogravimetry were used to study the morphology, crystallization behavior, and thermal stability of the resulting PCNs. The PCNs from pristine SWNTs possess a more dense morphology than do the PCNs prepared from NHSKs; PE single crystal lamellae are perpendicular or oblique to the CNT axis, leading to relatively openstructured PCNs. Heterogeneous nucleation occurred in both nonisothermal and isothermal crystallization of PCNs and the crystallization kinetics are much faster than that of the pure HDPE. Thermal stability of PCNs showed dramatic enhancement (as high as 70 degrees C/115 degrees C improvement of T-max in N-2/air atmosphere, respectively), which is attributed to the formation of the free radical scavenging CNT network.
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