Crystallization, melting and morphology of PEO in PEO/MWNT-g-PMMA blends

Yeong Tarng Shieh; Gin Lung Liu; Kuo Chu Hwang; Chia Chun Chen

doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2005.09.022

Crystallization, melting and morphology of PEO in PEO/MWNT-g-PMMA blends

Yeong Tarng Shieh^*, Gin Lung Liu, Kuo Chu Hwang, Chia Chun Chen

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Abstract

The dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in crystalline poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) is significantly improved by grafting with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) on surface of MWNTs via emulsion reactions. The synthesized MWNTs-g-PMMA is soluble in solvents that can dissolve PMMA and is well dispersed in PEO. The effects of the MWNTs-g-PMMA on PEO crystallization and its use as a reinforcement for PEO are investigated using DMA, DSC, POM, and SAXS. DMA data show that the PEO/MWNTs-g-PMMA blends containing up to 30 wt% MWNTs-g-PMMA are compatible. DSC data show the crystallization of PEO is enhanced by the MWNTs-g-PMMA, accompanying with a decreased thickness of crystal layers and an increased thickness of amorphous layers of the PEO lamellar stacks, in combination with SAXS data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10945-10951
Number of pages	7
Journal	Polymer
Volume	46
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2005.09.022
Publication status	Published - 2005 Nov 21

Keywords

Carbon nanotubes
Crystallization
Polymer composites

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Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Materials Chemistry

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