Epoxy resin reinforced with nanothin polydopamine-coated carbon nanotubes: a study of the interfacial polymer layer thickness
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) functionalized by a nanothin poly(dopamine) (PDA) layer were produced by a one-pot, nondestructive approach, with direct polymerization of dopamine on the CNT surface. The thickness of the PDA layer can be well-controlled by the reaction time and the proportion of dopamine, and this thickness is found to be the key factor in controlling the dispersion of CNTs and the extent of the interfacial interactions between the CNT@PDA and epoxy resin. SEM results indicated that the dispersion of CNTs in epoxy was improved significantly by coating a nanothin PDA layer onto the CNT surface. In agreeme nt with this finding, the CNTs functionalized with the thinnest PDA layer provided the best mechanical and thermal properties. This result confirmed that a thinner PDA layer could provide optimized interfacial interactions between the CNT@PDA and epoxy matrix and weaken the self-agglomeration of CNTs, which led to an improved effective stress and heat transfer between the CNTs and the polymer matrix.
- Authors:
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- Shanghai Univ. of Engineering Science, Shanghai (China)
- Shanghai Univ. of Engineering Science, Shanghai (China); Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1378768
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- RSC Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 37; Journal ID: ISSN 2046-2069
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; epoxy resin; polydopamine; carbon nanotubes; core-shell structure; surface functionalization
Citation Formats
Ling, Yang, Li, Weizhen, Wang, Baoyu, Gan, Wenjun, Zhu, Chenhui, Brady, Michael A., and Wang, Cheng. Epoxy resin reinforced with nanothin polydopamine-coated carbon nanotubes: a study of the interfacial polymer layer thickness. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1039/c5ra26539h.
Ling, Yang, Li, Weizhen, Wang, Baoyu, Gan, Wenjun, Zhu, Chenhui, Brady, Michael A., & Wang, Cheng. Epoxy resin reinforced with nanothin polydopamine-coated carbon nanotubes: a study of the interfacial polymer layer thickness. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra26539h
Ling, Yang, Li, Weizhen, Wang, Baoyu, Gan, Wenjun, Zhu, Chenhui, Brady, Michael A., and Wang, Cheng. Tue .
"Epoxy resin reinforced with nanothin polydopamine-coated carbon nanotubes: a study of the interfacial polymer layer thickness". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra26539h. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1378768.
@article{osti_1378768,
title = {Epoxy resin reinforced with nanothin polydopamine-coated carbon nanotubes: a study of the interfacial polymer layer thickness},
author = {Ling, Yang and Li, Weizhen and Wang, Baoyu and Gan, Wenjun and Zhu, Chenhui and Brady, Michael A. and Wang, Cheng},
abstractNote = {Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) functionalized by a nanothin poly(dopamine) (PDA) layer were produced by a one-pot, nondestructive approach, with direct polymerization of dopamine on the CNT surface. The thickness of the PDA layer can be well-controlled by the reaction time and the proportion of dopamine, and this thickness is found to be the key factor in controlling the dispersion of CNTs and the extent of the interfacial interactions between the CNT@PDA and epoxy resin. SEM results indicated that the dispersion of CNTs in epoxy was improved significantly by coating a nanothin PDA layer onto the CNT surface. In agreeme nt with this finding, the CNTs functionalized with the thinnest PDA layer provided the best mechanical and thermal properties. This result confirmed that a thinner PDA layer could provide optimized interfacial interactions between the CNT@PDA and epoxy matrix and weaken the self-agglomeration of CNTs, which led to an improved effective stress and heat transfer between the CNTs and the polymer matrix.},
doi = {10.1039/c5ra26539h},
journal = {RSC Advances},
number = 37,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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