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Enhanced dielectric properties of high glass transition temperature PDCPD/CNT composites by frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization

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Frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization was used to in situ prepare polydicyclopentadiene (PDCPD)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and PDCPD/CNT-NH2 composites with high glass transition temperature. Compared with PDCPD/CNT composites, PDCPD/CNT-NH2 composites have similar dielectric constants, but their loss tangent significantly reduces. The uniform dispersion of CNT-NH2 leads to the formation of dielectric interfacial polarization. The results of dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) showed that the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the composites increased with the increase of filler. With the increase of the filler, the elongation at break of the PDCPD/CNT composites decreased, while the elongation at break of PDCPD/CNT-NH2 composites increased, reaching up to 17% because of the stronger interfacial affinity. The PDCPD/CNT-NH2 composites exhibited high dielectric permittivity (47.5 at a frequency of 100 Hz) that originates from the interfacial polarization between PDCPD and CNT-NH2, and the nonconducting –NH2 groups can prevent the conductive path of CNTs and support a low loss tangent (0.096).

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High Tg PDCPD/CNT-NH2 composite with enhanced dielectric properties was prepared by a simple and quick one-step reaction method of FROMP. Keywords: Polydicyclopentadiene; Composites; Carbon nanotubes; Dielectric properties, Interfacial polarization

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51903002), Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Education Department (Nos. KJ2019A0774, KJ2019JD18), Major Science and Technology Projects of Anhui Province (201903a05020027), Anhui Jianzhu University PhD Startup Fund (2019QDZ22, 2018QD59), University Collaborative Innovation Project of Anhui province (GXXT-2019–017), WuHu Key Technology Major R&D Projects(No. 2020yf14), and Research Fund for Postdoctoral Researchers in Anhui Province (2020B413).

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    Ping Wang, Li Yang, Shang Gao, Xinliang Chen, Tian Cao, Xianhai Hu, Xiusheng Wu & Shaojie Feng

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    Ping Wang, Li Yang, Shang Gao, Xinliang Chen, Tian Cao, Xianhai Hu, Xiusheng Wu & Shaojie Feng

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  4. Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold, Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China

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Wang, P., Yang, L., Gao, S. et al. Enhanced dielectric properties of high glass transition temperature PDCPD/CNT composites by frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 4, 639–646 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-021-00287-0

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