期刊
COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
卷 72, 期 2, 页码 190-196出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.11.001
关键词
Polymers; Nanocomposites; Carbon nanotubes; Interface; Supercritical carbon dioxide
资金
- Nanoscale Science and Engineering Initiative of the National Science Foundation [DMR-0117792, CMMI-0500324]
Polymer nanocomposite foams are promising substitutes for polymeric foams. Carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposite foams possess high strength, low density, and can be made conductive. Creating polymer foams with controlled foam morphology is of great importance for controlling foam properties. The foam morphology is influenced by the foaming conditions and filler properties. For carbon nanotube/polymer composite foams, dispersion state and aspect ratio of the carbon nanotubes have been shown to influence the bubble density and bubble size. In the current study, the influence of carbon nanotube surface chemistry on the bubble density of multi-walled carbon nanotube/poly(methyl methacrylate), MWNT/PMMA, nanocomposite foams was investigated. The surface of the MWNTs with controlled aspect ratio was covalently modified with glycidyl phenyl ether (GPE). Surface modified MWNT/PMMA nanocomposite foams were produced using a supercritical carbon dioxide foaming process. At constant MWNT concentration, the bubble density of polymer nanocomposite foams filled with GPE surface modified MWNT was found to be several times higher than that of polymer nanocomposite foams filled with nitric acid treated MWNT. After the MWNTs were modified with GPE, the surface chemistry of the MWNT became the dominant factor in determining the bubble density while the MWNT aspect ratio became less influential. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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