[HTML][HTML] Balancing the toughness and strength in polypropylene composites

K Shirvanimoghaddam, KV Balaji, R Yadav… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fracture toughness, a parameter representing the resistance to fracture and capacity of a
material to absorb impact force or energy, is one of the key performance indicators that need …

Effects of carbon nanotubes on polymer physics

BP Grady - Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A single carbon nanotube has many similarities with an individual polymer chain including
the fact that the end‐to‐end length of both are often about the same and the diameter of the …

Electrical, mechanical, and glass transition behavior of polycarbonate-based nanocomposites with different multi-walled carbon nanotubes

FY Castillo, R Socher, B Krause, R Headrick, BP Grady… - Polymer, 2011 - Elsevier
Five commercially available multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), with different
characteristics, were melt mixed with polycarbonate (PC) in a twin-screw micro compounder …

Low electrical percolation threshold in poly (ethylene terephthalate)/multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites

E Logakis, P Pissis, D Pospiech, A Korwitz… - European Polymer …, 2010 - Elsevier
Poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET)/multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)
nanocomposites were prepared by three different methods: in-situ polymerization technique …

Effects of orientation and dispersion on electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube/polypropylene composite

D Mi, Z Zhao, H Bai - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The orientation and dispersion of nanoparticles can greatly influence the conductivity and
mechanical properties of nanocomposites. In this study, the Polypropylene/Carbon …

Tailoring the surface of attapulgite by combining redox-initiated RAFT polymerization with alkynyl-thiol click reaction for polycarbonate nanocomposites: Effect of …

H Yang, Z Cai, H Liu, Z Cao, Y **a, W Ma… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we proposed the tuning of the interface between attapulgite (ATP) and
polycarbonate (PC) by the surface tailoring of ATP via a combination of RAFT polymerization …

Structure and mobility of lactose in lactose/sodium montmorillonite nanocomposites

J Hellrup, M Holmboe, KP Nartowski, YZ Khimyak… - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
This study aims at investigating the molecular level organization and molecular mobility in
montmorillonite nanocomposites with the uncharged organic low-molecular-weight …

Incorporation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets on the morphology and properties of polyethylene terephthalate nanocomposites

NFI Azman, SA Zuhairi, CT Ratnam… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the interaction effect between polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and multiwalled
carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) on the morphology and …

Multi-walled carbon nanotube/biodegradable poly (butyleneadipate-co-butyleneterephthalate) nanocomposites and their physical characteristics

SY Hong, SW Ko, HJ Choi, JH Lee - Journal of Macromolecular …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Biodegradable poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthlate)(PBAT) nanocomposites with multi-
wall carbon nanotube (MWNT) were prepared by using a laboratory-scale twin-screw …

Inhibition of recrystallization of amorphous lactose in nanocomposites formed by spray-drying

J Hellrup, G Alderborn, D Mahlin - Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
This study aims at investigating the recrystallization of amorphous lactose in
nanocomposites. In particular, the focus is on the influence of the nano-to micrometer length …