In:
Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Wiley, Vol. 23, No. 11 ( 2012-11), p. 1435-1440
Abstract:
Preparation and analysis of morphology, mechanical, and electrical properties of nanocomposites based on ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer and commercial multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was achieved. The used techniques for obtaining nanocomposites were the conventional melt‐mixing and the in situ ethylene polymerization/coating reaction, as catalyzed directly from CNT surface, with different polyethylene content (i.e. 55.0% and 66.6%). Nanocomposites were also prepared using crude CNTs. The incorporation in the molten state of such polyethylene surface‐coated CNTs, used as “masterbatch,” in EVA was demonstrated a good strategy for allowing the complete destructuring of the native bundle‐like aggregates, leading to the preparation of polymer nanocomposites with largely improved properties, even at very low nanofiller content. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1042-7147
,
1099-1581
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2012
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1481102-9
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