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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 26, Issue 19, Pages 1563-1566Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200500384
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carbon nanotubes; electrorheology; nanocomposites; polymerization; poly(methyl methacrylate); suspension
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Multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) nanocomposites dispersed in a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) matrix were prepared via suspension polymerization, in which radicals induced on the outer wall of the MWNTs by 2,2'-azoisobutyronitrile initiate the grafting of PMMA. The synthesized MWNT/PMMA nanocomposite particles were found to have a spherical shape and exhibit a high electrical conductivity, mainly as a result of the carbon nanotubes. A suspension was prepared with MWNT/PMMA particles in insulating silicone oil and its electrorheological properties were investigated by controlling applied direct current (DC) electric field strengths.
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