Aromatic Polyimide/MWCNT Hybrid Nanocomposites: Structure, Dynamics, and Properties

Two series of hybrid polyimide (PI)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposites were prepared including COOH-functionalized or pristine nanotubes, and their structure, morphology and dynamics/mechanical properties at 20°C-500°C were studied using WAXD (Wide-angle X-ray diffraction), AFM (Atom...

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Published inJournal of macromolecular science. Physics Vol. 51; no. 9; pp. 1794 - 1814
Main Authors Zhang, Baode, Bershtein, Vladimir, Sukhanova, Tatiana, Zang, Wanchen, Chen, Chunhai, Egorova, Larisa, Gofman, Iosif, Gubanova, Galina, Volkov, Anatoly, Vylegzhanina, Milana, Yakushev, Pavel, Li, Yao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2012
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carbon nanotubes
hybrid nanocomposites
polyimide
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Summary:Two series of hybrid polyimide (PI)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposites were prepared including COOH-functionalized or pristine nanotubes, and their structure, morphology and dynamics/mechanical properties at 20°C-500°C were studied using WAXD (Wide-angle X-ray diffraction), AFM (Atomic force microscopy), TEM (transmission electron microscopy), DSC (Differential scanning calorimetry), DMA (Dynamic mechanical analysis), CRS (creep rate spectroscopy) techniques, and stress-strain testing. The impact of nanofiller loadings of 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, or 1 wt% relative to PI was evaluated. Specific changes in the matrix morphology and different quality of nanotube dispersion in the nanocomposites with amorphous and semicrystalline matrices were determined. The best nanotube dispersion was observed in the composites with 0.5 wt% MWCNT-COOH. A peculiar high temperature dynamics, different for amorphous, and semicrystalline matrices, was revealed in these nanocomposites. The most dramatic changes in high temperature dynamics and a pronounced dynamic heterogeneity as well as substantially enhanced mechanical properties at room temperature were revealed in the case of a semicrystalline PI matrix. The results were treated in terms of the synergistic impact of nanotubes and matrix crystallites on dynamics in the intercrystalline regions of PI ("combined constrained dynamics effect") and the peculiar interfacial dynamics.
ISSN:0022-2348
1525-609X
DOI:10.1080/00222348.2012.659640