Dispersing carbon nanotubes in phenolic resin using an aqueous solution
The ability to control the carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersion in polymers is considered the key to most applications of nanotube/polymer composites. The carbon nanotube dispersion into water with different surfactants, as well as its incorporation into phenolic resins, was investigated. Ultrasonicatio...
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| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Estado: | Published version |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | UNESP |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNESP |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/72772 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-50532011001100004 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/72772 |
| Nivel de acceso: | Acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Carbon nanotubes Phenolic resin Polymeric composites |
| Sumario: | The ability to control the carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersion in polymers is considered the key to most applications of nanotube/polymer composites. The carbon nanotube dispersion into water with different surfactants, as well as its incorporation into phenolic resins, was investigated. Ultrasonication of liquid suspensions was used to prepare stable dispersions. In order to evaluate the best surfactant to be used, light scattering and UV-Visible spectroscopy were employed. The structure of CNT reinforced of phenolic resin was analyzed in function of the concentration and type of surfactant, sonication power and time. It was also evaluated the influence in the dispersion by using the glass temperature transition properties being obtained by dynamic mechanical analyses and impact energy. © 2011 Sociedade Brasileira de Química. |
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