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Nanocomposites: Mixing Cnts Into Polymers
Nanocomposites: Mixing Cnts Into Polymers
1.Introduction
2. Composites of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) with
polycarbonate (PC) produced by masterbatch dilution technique
•Electrical resistivity
•Dispersion and alignment
•Influence of processing parameters on electrical resistivity
3. Composites of MWNT and SWNT with PC produced by direct
incorporation
•Percolation of different commercial MWNT in PC
•Percolation of SWNT in PC
•Stress-strain behaviour
4. Summary
Benefits of CNTs to polymers
– Electrical conductivity
– Improvement of mechanical properties, especially
strength
– Enhancement of thermal stability
– Enhancement of thermal conductivity
– Improvement of fire retardancy
– Enhancement of oxidation stability