1. Interaction of Carbon Nanotubes with Some Polymers.
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Hribova, Martina, Rybnikar, Frantisek, and Vilcakova, Jarmila
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CARBON nanotubes ,POLYMERS ,CRYSTALLIZATION ,FUSION (Phase transformation) ,NUCLEATION ,INTERFACES (Physical sciences) ,POLYPROPYLENE - Abstract
Microscopical, differential scanning colorimetry (DSC), and X-ray structural investigations of solution crystallized carbon nanotube (CNT) composites with linear polyethylene (LPE), isotactic polypropylene (iPP), polybutene-1 (PB-1), and nylon 6 (PA6) disclosed varying degrees of surface interaction and nucleation effect of CNT in these polymers and formation of oriented shish-kebab overgrowths on the CNT ropes in LPE and PA6. The character of the attraction and orientation forces at the CNT-polymer interface is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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