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High‐Performance Carbon Nanotube‐Reinforced Bioplastic
Author(s) -
Ramontja James,
Ray Suprakas Sinha,
Pillai Sreejarani K.,
Luyt Adriaan S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.200900197
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , bioplastic , extrusion , composite number , raman spectroscopy , surface modification , composite material , polymer , chemical engineering , ecology , physics , optics , biology , engineering
The inherent properties of poly(lactide), a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer, are concurrently improved by the incorporation of a small amount of surface functionalized carbon nanotubes. A new method has been used to functionalize the CNTs' outer surface with hexadecylamine. A composite of PLA with functionalized CNTs has been prepared by melt‐extrusion. FT‐IR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, DSC, and optical microscopy are used to investigate the thermal and mechanical property improvement mechanism in f‐CNTs containing PLA composite.