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In-situ synchrotron x-ray scattering study on isothermal crystallization of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers containing a high weight fraction of carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets

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The effect of two dimensional graphene nanosheets (2D GNSs) and one dimensional carbon nanotubes (1D CNTs) on the isothermal crystallization of an ethylene–vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer at a high loading (5 wt.%) was studied by in-situ synchrotron wide-angle X-ray diffraction. The morphology observations indicated a homogeneous dispersion of GNSs and CNTs in EVA which formed a constrained environment (3D network or 2D layered structure) for ethylene–vinyl acetate EVA crystallization, respectively. The results of wide-angle X-ray diffraction showed a high weight fraction of nano-fillers slowed the crystallization rate of composites. The crystallization behavior of EVA was confined by 2D planar GNSs more seriously than 1D tubular CNTs owing to a more completed and closed layered GNS network.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of this work by National Science Fund of China (Contract No. 51121001, 50925311 and 20976112).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Huan Pang, Gan-Ji Zhong, Yan Wang, Jia-Zhuang Xu, Zhong-Ming Li & Jun Lei

  2. Analytical and Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Chen Chen

  3. College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Xu Ji

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Pang, H., Zhong, GJ., Wang, Y. et al. In-situ synchrotron x-ray scattering study on isothermal crystallization of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers containing a high weight fraction of carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets. J Polym Res 19, 9837 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-012-9837-1

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