Carbon nanotubes as polymer antioxidants
By P. Watts, P. Fearon, W. Hsu, N. Billingham, H. Kroto, D. Walton. 2003
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The oxidation of polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene and poly(vinylidene fluoride) is retarded by carbon nanotubes. Incorporation of boron into the nanotubes enhances the electron affinity of the tubes and leads to a small increase in antioxidant efficiency.
Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics
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- Morphology and Crystallization Behavior of HDPE/CNT Nanocomposite (2006, background): “Watts et al.[49] recently reported an 188C increase of the degradation temperature of PE in N2 at a much higher CNT content ( 14% CNT).”