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Polyacrylonitrile/multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polyurethane electrospun nanofiber membranes for sports equipment

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The polyacrylonitrile/multi-walled carbon nanotubes nanofiber membranes with different orientations were prepared from acidified multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) by innovative electrospun and hot stretching methods. It was found that PAN/MWCNTs has the best tensile properties when the content of carbon nanotubes was 0.5%, which was about 24% higher than that of pure PAN nanofiber membrane. The PAN/MWCNTs nanofiber membrane and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) composite was prepared with immersion method. MWCNTs can enhance the tensile properties of PAN nanofiber membrane and the thermoplastic composite materials. The modulus and tensile strength of the composite increase, while the elongation at break decreases with the increasing of orientation and hot stretching processing.

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Funding

The authors were financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52063004), Guangxi Science and Technology Base and Talent Project (Guike AD20297016), International Joint Research Center for Biomass Materials (Southwest Forestry University) (2022-GH07) and the 111 Project (D21027), and Natural Science Foundation Guang Dong Province (2020B1515420001).

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Minzu University, Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530006, China

    Chunguan Zhao, Junhao Li, Wen Qi, Yanzhi Zhao & Juying Zhou

  2. School of Material Science and Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan, 442000, China

    Xiufang Zhu

  3. Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products, International Joint Research Center for Biomass Materials, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, China

    Kaimeng Xu

  4. Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer-Based Composites of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China

    Dingshan Yu

  5. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Ye Li

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Zhao Chunguan: methodology, formal analysis, writing—original draft. Zhu Xiufang: experiment, revise manuscript. Li Junhao: resources, visualization. Qi Wen: revise manuscript, funding acquisition. Zhao Yanzhi: validation. Xu Kaimeng: investigation. Yu Dingshan: supervision, funding acquisition. Li Ye: project administration. Zhou Juying: conceptualization, writing—review and editing, funding acquisition.

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Zhao, C., Zhu, X., Li, J. et al. Polyacrylonitrile/multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polyurethane electrospun nanofiber membranes for sports equipment. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 7, 44 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-024-00865-y

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