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PCL‐CNT nanocomposites prepared by melt compounding and evaluation of their basic properties
Author(s) -
Lebedev Sergey M.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.25501
Subject(s) - materials science , compounding , composite material , nanocomposite , extrusion , carbon nanotube , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , scanning electron microscope , rheology , dielectric , optical microscope , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , engineering
Poly(ε‐caprolactone)‐based carbon nanotube composites (PCL‐CNT) fabricated by melt compounding were developed in this work. Complex analysis of main properties of PCL and PCL‐CNT composites was carried out in this study by means of different experimental methods such as dielectric spectroscopy in frequency domain, X‐ray diffraction, DSC analysis, scanning electron and optical microscopy, FTIR analysis, and rheological analysis. It has been found that the percolating threshold for studied composites is observed at 0.1 wt% CNT. The developed PCL‐CNT composites are suitable for processing by extrusion.