Premium
Shaping Polymer Particles by Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Zhang Shanju,
Kumar Satish
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200700838
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , ellipsoid , crystallization , particle (ecology) , polymer , range (aeronautics) , nanotube , particle size , composite material , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , physics , oceanography , astronomy , engineering , geology
We report the formation of poly(propylene) spherical and ellipsoidal particles templated by carbon nanotubes via solution crystallization. With an increase in nanotube loading, the particle shape changes from sphere to ellipsoid. In the intermediate concentration range, both spherical and ellipsoidal shapes coexist. The particle size decreases with an increase in nanotube loading.