The effect of carbon nanofiber on the thermo‐physical behavior of polyethylene oxide
The effect of carbon nanofiber on the thermo‐physical behavior of polyethylene oxide
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碳纳米纤维对聚环氧乙烷热物理行为的影响
DOI:
10.1002/app.33542
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
J. Qualls
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作者:
A. Adhikari;K. Lozano;M. Chipara;J. Qualls
Composites of polyethylene oxide (PEO) filled with carbon nanofiber (CNF) were prepared using solution mixing followed by melt mixing. The morpho- logy and thermophysical properties of these composites and of pristine polyethylene oxide were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calo- rimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and dynamical mechanical analysis. Crystallization kinetic data were an- alyzed within the Avrami approximation for the pri- mary stage of crystallization. The influence of CNF on the temperature dependence crystallization of PEO and the tendency of forming three-dimensional crystallites at higher crystallization temperature were observed. The nucleation features of CNFs dispersed within PEO were investigated by using Lauritzen-Hoffman nucleation theory. Crystallization activation energies were also com- puted; the results are in agreement with the Lauritzen- Hoffman theory. Thermogravimetric analysis and dyna- mical mechanical analysis showed a gradual increase of the thermal stability and of the storage modulus of the polymeric matrix due to the loading with CNFs and formation of a polymer-carbon nanofiber interface. V C 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 120: 3574- 3580, 2011