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Mechanical and thermal properties of multiwalled carbon nanotube/polypropylene composites using itaconic acid as compatibilizer and coupling agent

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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are functionalized with itaconic acid (IA) and its derivative, monomethylitaconate (MMI), to prepare CNT/isotactic polypropylene (PP) composites. To promote dispersion and improved interactions between functionalized CNTs and the PP matrix, PP grafted with IA (PP-g-IA) is employed as a compatibilizer for the preparation of 1% w/w CNT/PP blends by melt compounding. The role of IA as a functionalizing agent for the CNTs and as a compatibilizer for the fabrication of CNT/PP composites is examined. Improved tensile mechanical properties of the composites were obtained when the CNTs were functionalized with IA, although no significant improvement in mechanical properties was observed when PP-g-IA was used as compatibilizer. The use of a compatibilizer, however, retarded the thermal degradation of the composites. Overall, the composites fabricated with IA-functionalized CNTs yielded better mechanical and thermal properties than those composites with CNTs functionalized by MMI, maybe because of the bifunctionalty and higher polarity of IA.

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, S. Livingstone 1007, Independencia, Santiago, Chile

    Mehrdad Yazdani-Pedram & Cristian Menzel

  2. Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Patricio Toro & Raúl Quijada

  3. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C., Unidad de Materiales, Calle 43 #130, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, 97200, Mérida, Yucatán, México

    Alejandro May-Pat & Francis Avilés

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Yazdani-Pedram, M., Menzel, C., Toro, P. et al. Mechanical and thermal properties of multiwalled carbon nanotube/polypropylene composites using itaconic acid as compatibilizer and coupling agent. Macromol. Res. 21, 153–160 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-013-1006-9

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