Modifications of carbon nanotubes with polymers

By Peng Liu. 2005

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Abstract The chemical functionalizations of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could enhance their chemical compatibility and dissolution properties, which enable both a more extensive characterization and subsequent chemical reactivity. The modifications with polymers could not only improve CNTs’ solubility and dispersibility but also the interfacial interaction to polymeric matrices in its composites. The main methods for the modification of CNTs with polymers are noncovalent attachment (polymer wrapping and absorption) and covalent attachment (“grafting to”and “grafting from”). The current states of the literatures in the field are presented in this review.

Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering

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In Materials Chemistry

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2. P. Pötschke
3. L. Häussler
4. M. Khalil
5. Mohammed Ali Berawi
6. Badrul Mohamed Jan
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Citations in the corpus

• Advanced nanomaterials in oil and gas industry: Design, application and challenges (2017, background): “attachment is commonly achieved through the establishment of weak interactions such as p-p stacking and van der Waals interaction between the polymers and CNT’s surface [277].”
• The surface acidity of acid oxidised multi-walled carbon nanotubes and the influence of in-situ generated fulvic acids on their stability in aqueous dispersions (2009, background): “[17] Liu P.”
• Influence of small scale melt mixing conditions on electrical resistivity of carbon nanotube-polyamide composites (2009, background): “It is expected that polymer wrapping stabilises the nanotube dispersion and prevent re-agglomeration [41].”
• Carbon fiber surfaces and composite interphases (2014, background): “In contrast noncovalent methods including surfactant assisted solubilization [220,226], linear synthetic polymers [227] or bio-macromolecules (such as proteins [228] and celluloses [229–231]) wrapping, and aromatics p-stacking [232] well known to persevere nearly all the intrinsic features of CNTs.”