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Environmentally friendly functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotube using ascorbic acid and efficient dispersion in chiral poly(ester-imide) containing 4,4′-thiobis(2-tert-butyl-5-methylphenol) moiety: thermal and morphological studies

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Carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were functionalized with ascorbic acid under microwave irradiation conditions as a simple and efficient method and dispersed in a chial poly(ester-imide) (PEI) matrix using solution blending technique. Optically active PEI was prepared by a step-growth polymerization of amino acid-based diacid (3) with 4,4′-thiobis (2-tert-butyl-5-methylphenol) (4) promoted by tosyl chloride in pyridine and N,N-dimethyl formamide solution. The nanocomposites (NCs) containing different loadings of functionalized MWCNTs (5, 10, 15 wt%) were produced and characterized regarding to chemical structure, morphological, and thermal properties by X-ray diffraction, FT-IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). The TGA results showed that the introduction of modified MWCNTs improved the thermal stability of NCs compared to the neat PEI. TEM and FE-SEM images of the NCs revealed that the functionalized MWCNTs were dispersed uniformly and strongly interacted with the surrounding PEI matrix. The overview of these results is presented.

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The authors acknowledge the Research Affairs Division Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Isfahan, for partial financial support. Further financial support from National Elite Foundation (NEF), Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC), and Center of Excellence in Sensors and Green Chemistry Research (IUT) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Organic Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Shadpour Mallakpour & Samaneh Soltanian

  2. Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Institute, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Shadpour Mallakpour

  3. Center of Excellence in Sensors and Green Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Shadpour Mallakpour

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Mallakpour, S., Soltanian, S. Environmentally friendly functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotube using ascorbic acid and efficient dispersion in chiral poly(ester-imide) containing 4,4′-thiobis(2-tert-butyl-5-methylphenol) moiety: thermal and morphological studies. Colloid Polym Sci 293, 1141–1149 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-015-3499-6

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