The dispersion of SWCNTs treated by coupling and dispersing agents in fiber reinforced polymer composites

Yuexin Duan; Lu Yuan; Yan Zhao; Fengxia Guan

doi:10.1117/12.779387

1 November 2007 The dispersion of SWCNTs treated by coupling and dispersing agents in fiber reinforced polymer composites

Yuexin Duan, Lu Yuan, Yan Zhao, Fengxia Guan

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Proceedings Volume 6423, International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering; 642311 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779387
Event: International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 2007, Harbin, China

Abstract

It is an obstacle issue for Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) applied in fiber reinforced polymer composites that CNTs is dispersed in nano-level, particularly for single-wall Carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). In this paper, SWCNTs were treated by the coupling agent like volan and dispersing agent as BYK to improve the dispersion in the Glass Fiber/Epoxy composites. The result of dispersion of SWCNTs in composites was observed by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Then the Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) of these kinds of composites with treated and untreated SWCNTs were obtained by Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA). Moreover, the bending properties of these composites were tested.

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Yuexin Duan, Lu Yuan, Yan Zhao, and Fengxia Guan "The dispersion of SWCNTs treated by coupling and dispersing agents in fiber reinforced polymer composites", Proc. SPIE 6423, International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 642311 (1 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779387

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