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The effects of surface modifications of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on their dispersibility in different solvents and poly(ether ether ketone)

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The effects of surface modifications of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on their dispersibility in different solvents and poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) have been studied. MWCNTs were treated by mixed acids to obtain acid-functionalized MWCNTs. The acid-functionalized MWCNTs were modified with five different chemical agents separately, 1,6-diaminohexane, hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, silane coupling agent 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, anhydrous sulfanilic acid, and ethanolamine. Multiwalled carbon nanotube and PEEK (MWCNT/PEEK) composite films were fabricated to explore systematically the dispersibility of differently modified MWCNTs in PEEK as well as in different solvents. The morphology and structures of MWCNTs and the compatibility between MWCNTs and PEEK have been investigated. It was observed that the MWCNTs modified with anhydrous sulfanilic acid have an excellent dispersion in the PEEK grafted by sulfonic acid groups and that the MWCNTs modified with ethanolamine are also dispersed well in pure PEEK. The results herein provide useful insights into the development of MWCNT/PEEK composites for a wide variety of applications.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21176169), Shanxi Provincial Key Innovative Research Team in Science and Technology (2012041011), International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2012DFR50460) and Research Project Supported by the Shanxi Scholarship Council of China (2012-038), and the Changjiang Scholar and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT0972).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Research Center of Advanced Material Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Zongshuang Cao & Yongzhen Yang

  2. Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Li Qiu

  3. Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Yongkang Chen

  4. School of Engineering and Technology, Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK

    Yongkang Chen

  5. Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Xuguang Liu

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Cao, Z., Qiu, L., Yang, Y. et al. The effects of surface modifications of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on their dispersibility in different solvents and poly(ether ether ketone). Journal of Materials Research 29, 2625–2633 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2014.284

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