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The Functionalization and Preparation Methods of Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: A Review  

Oh, Won-Chun (Department of Advanced Materials & Science Engineering, Hanseo University)
Ko, Weon-Bae (Department of Chemistry, Sahmyook University)
Zhang, Feng-Jun (Department of Advanced Materials & Science Engineering, Hanseo University)
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Elastomers and Composites / v.45, no.2, 2010 , pp. 80-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit excellent mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties as well as nanometer scale diameter and high aspect ratio, which make them an ideal reinforcing agent for high strength polymer composites. The functionalized CNTs are believed to be very promising in the fields such as preparation of functional and composite materials. CNT-Polymer composites are expected to have good processability characteristics of the polymer and excellent functional properties of the CNTs. However, since CNTs usually form stabilized bundles due to Van der Waals interactions, are extremely difficult to disperse and align in a polymer matrix. The biggest issues in the preparation of CNT-reinforced composites reside in efficient dispersion of CNTs into a polymer matrix, and the alignment and control of the CNTs in the matrix. There are several methods for the dispersion of nanotubes in the polymer matrix such as solution mixing, bulk mixing, melt mixing, in-situ polymerization and chemical functionalization of the carbon nanotubes, etc. These methods and preparation of high performance CNT-polymer composites are described in this review.
Keywords
polymer composites; carbon nanotubes; functionalization; preparation methods;
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