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Effect of amine functionalization of CNF on electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties of epoxy/CNF composites

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This paper presents experimental results of the effect of amine functionalization of carbon nanofibers (CNF) on the electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties of CNF/epoxy composites. The functionalized and non-functionalized CNFs (up to 3 wt%) were dispersed into epoxy using twin screw extruder. The specimens were characterized for electrical resistivities, thermal conductivity (K), UTS, and Vicker’s microhardness. The properties of the nanocomposites were compared with that of neat epoxy. The volume conductivity of the specimens increased by E12 S/cm and E09 S/cm in f-CNF/epoxy and CNF/epoxy, respectively, at 3 wt% filler loading. The increase in K for former was 106% at 150 °C, while for the latter it was only 64%. Similarly, UTS increased by 61% vs. 45% and hardness 65% vs. 43%. T g increased with increase in filler content. SEM examinations showed that functionalization resulted in better dispersion of the nanofibers and hence greater improvement in the studied properties of the nanocomposites.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, R V College of Engineering, Bangalore, 560059, Karnataka, India

    Jeena Jose Karippal, H. N. Narasimha Murthy, M. Krishna & M. Sreejith

  2. Department of Polymer Science, Mysore University, Mysore, Karnataka, India

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Karippal, J.J., Narasimha Murthy, H.N., Rai, K.S. et al. Effect of amine functionalization of CNF on electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties of epoxy/CNF composites. Polym. Bull. 65, 849–861 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-010-0292-z

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