- Title
- Role of molecularweight in polymer wrapping and dispersion of MWNT in a PVDF matrix
- Creator
- Namasivayam, Muthuraman; Andersson, Mats; Shapter, Joseph
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/182992
- Identifier
- vital:16241
- Identifier
-
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11010162
- Identifier
- ISBN:2073-4360 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- The thermal and electrical properties of a polymer nanocomposite are highly dependent on the dispersion of the CNT filler in the polymer matrix. Non-covalent functionalisation with a PVP polymer is an excellent driving force towards an effective dispersion of MWNTs in the polymer matrix. It is shown that the PVP molecular weight plays a key role in the non-covalent functionalisation of MWNT and its effect on the thermal and electrical properties of the polymer nanocomposite is reported herein. The dispersion and crystallisation behaviour of the composite are also evaluated by a combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). © 2019 by the authors.
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Relation
- Polymers Vol. 11, no. 1 (2019), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2019 by the authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 34 Chemical Sciences; 40 Engineering; Poly(4-vinylpyridine); Polymer nanocomposite; Polymer wrapping; Polyvinylpyrrolidone; Thermal conductivity
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- Reviewed
- Funder
- Acknowledge the expertise, equipment and support provided by the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF) and the Australian National Fabrication Facility Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF) and the Australian National Fabrication (ANFF) at the South Australian nodes of the AMMRF and ANFF under the National Collaborative Research FInfrastracilityuctur(ANFeFS)trat the Souategy. th Australian nodes of the AMMRF and ANFF under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy
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