Characteristics of Polycarbonate Composites with Poly(methyl methacrylate) Grafted Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Eun Yeob Choi; Jeong Ung Nam; So Hyun Hong; Chang Keun Kim

Macromolecular Research, Vol.26, No.2, 107-112, February, 2018

DOI10.1007/s13233-018-6022-3 Export Citation

Characteristics of Polycarbonate Composites with Poly(methyl methacrylate) Grafted Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Eun Yeob Choi, Jeong Ung Nam, So Hyun Hong, and Chang Keun Kim^†

School of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Chung-Ang University, 221 Huksuk-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea

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To improve the mechanical strength and electrical conductivity of polycarbonate (PC)-based composites with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-grafted MWCNT (PMMA-MWCNT) was first prepared by polymerizing the monomer MMA on MWCNT that was functionalized with 3-(trimethoxysily)propylmethacrylate. A composite of PC and MWCNT was then produced by melt extrusion to examine its mechanical properties; another composite was also fabricated from solution to explore the dispersion of MWCNT and the electrical conductivity. The measured adhesion energy of the PC and PMMA-MWCNT was the highest value that could be obtained with PC and MWCNT, which guaranteed the strongest adhesion and the most uniform dispersion of the MWCNT in the composite. When compared to the PC/MWCNTs composite, the PC composite with PMMA-MWCNT exhibited improved interfacial adhesion and dispersion of the MWCNT, resulting in better mechanical and electrical properties.

Keywords:polycarbonate;poly(methyl methacrylate) grafted multi-walled carbon nanotube;composites;interfacial adhesion;tensile strength

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[Referenced By]

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[2] Dresselhaus MS, Dresselhaus G, Saito R, Carbon, 33, 883 (1995)

[3] Fiedeler B, Gojny FH, Compos. Sci. Technol., 31, 3115 (2006)

[4] Potschke P, Fornes TD, Paul DR, Polymer, 43(11), 3247 (2002)

[5] Sahoo NG, Rana S, Cho JW, Li L, Chan SH, Prog. Polym. Sci, 35, 837 (2010)

[6] Park SM, Kim MH, Park OO, Macromol. Res., 24(9), 777 (2016)

[7] Choi WS, Ryu SH, Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 375, 55 (2011)

[8] Kim KH, Jo WH, Carbon, 47, 1126 (2009)

[9] Roh SC, Choi EY, Choi YS, Kim CK, Polymer, 55(6), 1527 (2014)

[10] Liebscher M, Gartner T, Tzounis L, Micusik M, Potschke P, Stamm M, Heinrich G, Voit B, Compos. Sci. Technol., 101, 133 (2014)

[11] Choi EY, Kim JY, Kim CK, Polymer, 60, 18 (2015)

[12] Fretag D, Grigo U, Muller PR, Nouvertne W, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1988, Vol. 11, pp 648-718.

[13] Pande S, Chaudhary A, Patel D, Singh BP, Mathur RB, RSC Adv., 4, 13839 (2014)

[14] Kumar S, Lively B, Sun LL, Li B, Zhong WH, Carbon, 48, 3846 (2010)

[15] Kim CK, Paul DR, Polymer, 33, 4941 (1992)

[16] Wildes G, Keskkula H, Paul DR, Polymer, 40(20), 5609 (1999)

[17] Nishimoto M, Keskkula H, Paul DR, Polymer, 32, 272 (1991)

[18] Kim MH, Kim JH, Kim CK, Kang YS, Park HC, Won JC, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 37(21), 2950 (1999)

[19] Choi EY, Kim SW, Kim CK, Compos. Sci. Technol., 132, 101 (2016)

[20] Young T, Philos. Soc. Lond., 95, 65 (1805)

[21] Carrol BJ, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 57, 488 (1976)

[22] Song BH, Bismarck A, Tahhan R, Springer J, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 197(1), 68 (1998)

[23] Tran MQ, Cabral T, Shaffer MP, Bismarck A, Nano Lett., 8, 2744 (2008)

[24] Roh SC, Kim J, Kim CK, Carbon, 60, 317 (2013)

[25] Ferriol M, Gentilhomme A, Cochez M, Oget N, Mieloszynski JL, Polym. Degrad. Stabil., 79, 271 (2003)

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