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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages 232-238Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.10.021
Keywords
Chitosan; Carbon nanotube; Nanocomposite
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- Ministry of Education, Taiwan under the Center-of-Excellence Program on Membrane Science and Technology (2006-2010)
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Poly(styrene sulfonic acid)-functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNT-PSSA), which was obtained with atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), was utilized in preparation of chitosan/CNT nanocomposites (CH/CNT-PSSA). Chemical linkages between chitosan and CNTs form in the nanocomposites through the reaction between the sulfuric acid groups of CNT-PSSA and the amino groups of chitosan, to warrant the homogenous dispersion of CNTs. The CH/CNT-PSSA nanocomposites were superior to the neat chitosan polymer in thermal and mechanical properties, water and solvent uptakes, bond water ratios, and electrical conductivity. The attractive property of the CH/CNT-PSSA nanocomposites also implied their application potentials for separation membranes and sensor electrodes. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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