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Glucose-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes dispersing and hosting nanotubes for poly(amide–imide) bionanocomposites containing N,N’-(pyromellitoyl)-bis-S-valine

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Hybrid bionanocomposites (BNCs) were produced via incorporating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into a biodegradable poly(amide-imide) (PAI) matrix. MWCNTs were functionalized with glucose as a biologically active molecule in a green pathway to achieve a fine dispersion of MWCNT bundles in the polymer matrix. The optically active and biodegradable PAI was formed from the polycondensation reaction of N,N’-(pyromellitoyl)-bis-S-valine as an optically active diacid with 4,4′-methylene-bis(3-chloro-2,6-diethylaniline) as an aromatic diamine in a green condition. The polymer obtained and glucose-functionalized MWCNTs (f-MWCNTs) were used to prepare PAI/f-MWCNT BNCs through ultrasonic irradiation. BNCs containing 5, 10, and 15 wt.% of f-MWCNTs exhibited a relatively good dispersion at the macroscopic scale. Field emission scanning and transmission electron microscopy micrographs of the composites showed that f-MWCNTs made a good interaction with polymer chains, and nanotubes wholly separated and uniformly dispersed in the polymer matrix. Adding f-MWCNTs into the polymer matrix significantly increased the thermal stability of the BNCs due to the increased interfacial interaction between the PAI matrix and the modified f-MWCNTs and their improved dispersion.

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

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  1. Organic Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Shadpour Mallakpour, Amir Abdolmaleki & Maryam Rostami

  2. Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Institute, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Shadpour Mallakpour & Amir Abdolmaleki

  3. Center of Excellence in Sensors and Green Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Shadpour Mallakpour

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Mallakpour, S., Abdolmaleki, A. & Rostami, M. Glucose-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes dispersing and hosting nanotubes for poly(amide–imide) bionanocomposites containing N,N’-(pyromellitoyl)-bis-S-valine. J Polym Res 22, 49 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-015-0690-x

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