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Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on Clay: Unique Nanostructured Filler for High‐Performance Polymer Nanocomposites
Author(s) -
Zhang W.D.,
Phang I. Y.,
Liu T. X.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200501217
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , filler (materials) , nanocomposite , composite material , compounding , intercalation (chemistry) , polymer , polymer clay , inorganic chemistry , chemistry
High‐performance composites are produced using nanostructured clay–carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrids as a reinforcing filler. The intercalation of iron particles between the clay platelets serves as the catalyst for the growth of CNTs, while the platelets are exfoliated by the CNTs, forming the unique 3D nanostructured hybrid filler: a 2D clay platelet with several attached 1D CNTs (see Figure). The clay–CNTs hybrid can be directly incorporated into nylon‐6 by simple melt compounding.