Electric field effects on CNTs/vinyl ester suspensions and the resulting electrical and thermal composite properties


YURDAKUL H., SEYHAN A. T., TURAN S., Tanoglu M., Bauhofer W., Schulte K.

COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.70, sa.14, ss.2102-2110, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 70 Sayı: 14
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.08.007
  • Dergi Adı: COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2102-2110
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs), Carbon nanotubes, Electrical properties, Anisotropy, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), CARBON NANOTUBES, HAADF-STEM, NETWORKS, TEM
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, electrical conductivity of a vinyl ester based composite containing low content (0.05, 0.1 and 0.3 wt.%) of double and multi-walled carbon nanotubes with and without amine functional groups (DWCNTs, MWCNTs, DWCNT-NH2 and MWCNT-NH2) was investigated. The composite with pristine MWCNTs was found to exhibit the highest electrical conductivity. Experiments aimed to induce an aligned conductive network with application of an alternating current (AC) electric field during cure were carried out on the resin suspensions with MWCNTs. Formation of electric anisotropy within the composite was verified. Light microscopy (LM), scanning electron (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were conducted to visualize dispersion state and the extent of alignment of MWCNTs within the polymer cured with and without application of the electric field. To gain a better understanding of electric field induced effects, glass transition temperature (T-g) of the composites was measured via Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). It was determined that at 0.05 wt.% loading rate of MWCNTs, the composites, cured with application of the AC electric field, possessed a higher T-g than the composites cured without application of the AC electric field. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.