Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on Clay: Unique Nanostructured Filler for High-Performance Polymer Nanocomposites

Wei-De Zhang; In Yee Phang; Tianxi Liu

doi:10.1002/adma.200501217

Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on Clay: Unique Nanostructured Filler for High-Performance Polymer Nanocomposites

Wei-De Zhang, In Yee Phang, Tianxi Liu

Materials Science and Technology of Polymers

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Abstract

High-performance composites are produced using nanostructured clay-carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrids as a reinforcing filler. The intercalation of iron particles between the clay platelets serves as the catalyst for the growth of CNTs, while the platelets are exfoliated by the CNTs, forming the unique 3D nanostructured hybrid filler: a 2D clay platelet with several attached 1D CNTs (see Figure). The clay-CNTs hybrid can be directly incorporated into nylon-6 by simple melt compounding.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	73-77
Journal	Advanced materials
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200501217
Publication status	Published - 2006

Keywords

Nanocomposites
IR-72196
Carbon nanotubes
Nylon
Chemical vapor deposition
Clay

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