Interactive effects of carbon allotropes on the mechanical reinforcement of polymer nanocomposites were investigated. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) and nano-graphite with high shape anisotropy (nanoG) were melt blended with poly(1,4- cis-isoprene), as the only fillers or in combination with carbon black (CB), measuring the shear modulus at low strain amplitudes for peroxide crosslinked composites. The nanofiller was found to increase the low amplitude storage modulus of the matrix, with or without CB, by a factor depending on nanofiller type and content. This factor, fingerprint of the nanofiller, was higher for CNT than for nanoG. The filler-polymer interfacial area was able to correlate modulus data of composites with CNT, CB and with the hybrid filler system, leading to the construction of a common master curve. © BME-PT.

Interactive effects between carbon allotrope fillers on the mechanical reinforcement of polyisoprene based nanocomposites

CIPOLLETTI, VALERIA ROSARIA;MUSTO, SARA;RICCO', THEONIS;GALIMBERTI, MAURIZIO STEFANO
2014-01-01

Abstract

Interactive effects of carbon allotropes on the mechanical reinforcement of polymer nanocomposites were investigated. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) and nano-graphite with high shape anisotropy (nanoG) were melt blended with poly(1,4- cis-isoprene), as the only fillers or in combination with carbon black (CB), measuring the shear modulus at low strain amplitudes for peroxide crosslinked composites. The nanofiller was found to increase the low amplitude storage modulus of the matrix, with or without CB, by a factor depending on nanofiller type and content. This factor, fingerprint of the nanofiller, was higher for CNT than for nanoG. The filler-polymer interfacial area was able to correlate modulus data of composites with CNT, CB and with the hybrid filler system, leading to the construction of a common master curve. © BME-PT.
2014
Carbon black; Carbon nanotubes; Interactive effects; Nanographite; Nanomaterials; Polymers and Plastics; Materials Chemistry2506 Metals and Alloys; Chemical Engineering (all); Organic Chemistry; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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