Carbon nanotube-filled polymer

Dalmas F, Dendievel R, Chazeau L, Cavaille JY, Gauthier C (2006) Carbon nanotube-filled polymer of electrical conductivity in composites. Numerical simulation three-dimensional entangled fibrous networks. Acta Materialia 54 2923-2931. 

Yang YL, Gupta MC, Dudley KL, Lawrence RW (2005) A Comparative Study of EMI Shielding Properties of Carbon Nanofiber and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Filled Polymer Composites. J. nanosci. nanotechnol. 5 927-931. 

In order to better understand the micromechanical behavior of carbon nanotube filled polymers, the load transfer behavior and interfacial shear stress must be quantified. This paper presents preliminary work on an experimental technique for quantifying the relative interfacial shear stress in multi-walled carbon nanotube / polycarbonate composites. The procedure provides a comparison of the aspect ratio of the nanotubes pulled from a fracture surface. In addition, the correlation with pullout angle is discussed. This work showed a decrease in the aspect ratio and thus an increase in interfacial shear as a result of chemical surface modification to multiwall nanotubes. 

Meincke O, Kaempfer D, Weickmann H, Friedrich C, Vathauer M, Warth H (2004). Mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of carbon-nanotube filled polyamide-6 and its blends with acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene. Polymer 45 739-748. 

N.A., Alexander, M., Vaia, R.A., 2004. Remotely actuated polymer nancxomposites—stress-recovery of carbon-nanotube-filled thermoplastic elastomers. Nat Mater. 3, 115-120. Copyright 2004, Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (B) Reproduced with permission from reference Yu, A., Meiser, F., Cassagneau, T., Caruso, F., 2004. Fabrication of polymer-nanopartide composite inverse opals by a one-step electrochemical co-deposition process. Nano Lett 4, 177-181. Copyright 2004, American Chemical Society. (C) Reproduced with permission from reference Fie, X., Shi, Q., Zhou, X., Wan, C., Jiang,... 

Koerner, H., Price, G., Pearce, N.A., Alexander, M., Vaia, R.A. (2004) Remotely actuated polymer nanocomposites - stress-recovery of carbon-nanotube-filled thermoplastic elastomers. Nature Materials, 3, 115-120. 

Prashantha, K., Soulestin, J., Lacrampe, M. R, Claes, M., Dupin, G., and Krawczak, P. 2008. Multi-walled carbon nanotube filled polypropylene nanocomposites based on masterbatch route Improvement of dispersion and mechanical properties through PP-g-MA addition. Express Polymer Letters 2 735-745. 

Zhang, H. and Zhang, Z. 2007. Impact behaviour of polypropylene filled with multi-walled carbon nanotubes. European Polymer Journal 43 3197-3207. 

Causin, V., Yang, B. X., Marega, C., Goh, S. H., and Marigo, A. 2009. Nucleation, structure and lamellar morphology of isotactic polypropylene filled with polypropylene-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes. European Polymer Journal 45 2155-2163. 

Potschke, P., Bhattacharyya, A.R., and Janke, A. (2003) Morphology and electrical resistivity of melt mixed blends of polyethylene and carbon nanotube filled polycarbonate. Polymer, 44, 8061. 

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