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Preparation and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Polyacrylonitrile Composites
Author(s) -
Pirlot C.,
Willems I.,
Fonseca A.,
Nagy J.B.,
Delhalle J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/1527-2648(200203)4:3<109::aid-adem109>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - polyacrylonitrile , materials science , carbon nanotube , composite material , carbon nanotube metal matrix composites , composite number , characterization (materials science) , nanocomposite , polymer , nanotube , carbon nanotube actuators , dispersion (optics) , mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes , nanotechnology , physics , optics
The incorporation of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrices should lead to composites with unique properties. It is thus tempting to use NT for mechanical reinforcement and to obtain new materials with unusual mechanical properties. However, the ultimate performance of such materials is expected to depend strongly on their ability to transfer load from the host matrix to the nanotubes. The authors here report a method to prepare polyacrylonitrile‐based composites with well‐dispersed multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT). It turns out that carbon nanotube/polyacrylonitrile composite films can be obtained with a good dispersion of the MWNTs in the polymeric matrix and without alteration of their respective structure.