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Mechanisms of single-walled carbon nanotube network formation and its configuration in polymer-based nanocomposites
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Oseli, Alen
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Vesel, Alenka
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Žagar, Ema
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Slemenik Perše, Lidija
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The reinforcing and conductive performance of carbon nanotube polymer-based nanocomposites depends on the established network and its configuration. Within this study, we report on the underlying mechanisms of such network formation utilizing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in low- and high-density polyethylene matrices. Mechanisms were theoretically evaluated through Doi-Edwards theory and experimentally confirmed through plasma etching coupled with electron microscopy as well as rheological flow tests. Results showed that the established network is constructed from SWCNT bundles, which geometrically entangle at a critical volume fraction [phi]v,crit (number of rods: [beta approximately equal to] 30). Below [phi]v,crit, the bundles behave as individual units and may align in the flow direction. Above [phi]v,crit, the rotation of bundles is constrained by neighboring units, leading to a random network configuration. Moreover, the theory successfully explains SWCNT bundle behavior as a Brownian entity and predicts network formation through diminishing thermo- and hydro-dynamically driven diffusion, which can be manipulated during the production to enhance reinforcing/conductive functionality of such materials.
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English
Keywords:
nanocomposites
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single-walled carbon nanotubes
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network formation
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molecular dynamics
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Doi-Edwards theory
Work type:
Article
Typology:
1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:
FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Publication status:
Published
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04.03.2021
Publication date:
13.04.2021
Year:
2021
Number of pages:
Str. 3334-3346
Numbering:
Vol. 54, iss. 7
PID:
20.500.12556/RUL-126692
UDC:
620.168(045)
ISSN on article:
0024-9297
DOI:
10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02763
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58206467
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04.05.2021
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Title:
Macromolecules
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Macromolecules
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
ISSN:
0024-9297
COBISS.SI-ID:
25886464
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13.04.2021
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Slovenian
Keywords:
nanokompoziti
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eno-stenske ogljikove nano-cevke
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nastanek omrežja
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molekularna dinamika
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Doi-Edwards teorija
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Funder:
ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:
P2-0264
Name:
Trajnostni Polimerni materiali in Tehnologije
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