• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Impact of Filler Functionalisation on the Crystallinity, Thermal Stability and Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastic Elastomer/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites
  • Contributor: Prado, Luís Antônio Sanchez de Almeida; Kopyniecka, Agata; Chandrasekaran, Swetha; Broza, Georg; Roslaniec, Zbigniew; Schulte, Karl
  • Published: Wiley, 2013
  • Published in: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 298 (2013) 3, Seite 359-370
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1002/mame.201200066
  • ISSN: 1439-2054; 1438-7492
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  • Description: AbstractIn the present work, the functionalisation of oxidised SWCNTs and MWCNTs is studied. The functionalised fillers are characterised by Raman spectroscopy and TGA. The functionalised fillers are dispersed in a PBT‐PTMO thermoplastic elastomer matrix via in situ polymerisation. The functionalisation causes a fine filler dispersion right at beginning of nanocomposite manufacturing. The fillers act as nucleating agents for crystallisation and evidences for a grafting from PBT at the surface of the functionalised nanotubes are found. An outstanding reinforcement effect by the functionalised CNTs is confirmed by tensile tests. magnified image