Open AccessEffect of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on the Properties of PMMA/PEO Blends
Author(s) -
Khalid Saeed,
Nasib Khan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the mexican chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2594-0317
DOI - 10.29356/jmcs.v58i1.157
Subject(s) - materials science , crystallinity , methyl methacrylate , nucleation , ethylene oxide , crystallization , carbon nanotube , chemical engineering , poly(methyl methacrylate) , casting , oxide , composite material , polymer chemistry , polymer , polymerization , copolymer , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering , metallurgy
Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/Poly ethylene oxide (PEO) (15 wt.% PMMA/85 wt.% PEO (PMMA/PEO-A) and 30 wt.% PMMA/70 wt.% PEO (PMMA/PEO-B)) blends, and functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (F-MWNTs) filled PMMA/PEO-A and PMMA/PEO-B composites were prepared via solution casting technique. The morphological study showed the formation of cracks in F-MWNTs/PMMA/PEO blend. The mechanical properties of PMMA/PEO blend were decreased by incorporation of F-MWNTs, which might be due to less compatibility between F-MWNTs and PMMA/PEO blends. Neat PEO upon crystallization showed distinct sized spherulites, which decreased by the incorporation of F-MWNTs (nucleation effect of FMWNTs). The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses revealed that the intensity of peaks decreased by incorporation of nanotubes, which means that the PEO crystallinity was suppressed in the presence of F-MWNTs. The thermal stabilities of PMMA/PEO blend were improved by incorporation of F-MWNTs.
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