Synthesis of polyethylene-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes via a peroxide-initiating radical coupling reaction and by using well-defined TEMPO and thiol end-functionalized polyethylenes
Autor: | Philippe Chaumont, Jérôme Mazzolini, Sohaib Akbar, Franck D'Agosto, Emmanuel Beyou, Christophe Boisson, Edgar Espinosa |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Thermogravimetric analysis
Polymers and Plastics Organic Chemistry Free-radical reaction 02 engineering and technology Carbon nanotube Polyethylene 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Grafting 01 natural sciences Peroxide 0104 chemical sciences law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound End-group chemistry Polymerization law Polymer chemistry Materials Chemistry 0210 nano-technology |
Zdroj: | Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 49:957-965 |
ISSN: | 0887-624X |
Popis: | Polyethylene (PE), alkoxyamine- and thiol-terminated PEs (PE-TEMPO and PE-SH, respectively) can be converted to macroradicals using a peroxide, a thermal cleavage of the alkoxyamine and a hydrogen transfer reaction of the thiol, respectively. The addition of these macroradicals to multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were compared by performing grafting reactions at 160 degrees C in 1,3-dichlorobenzene as solvent. Raman spectroscopy was utilized to follow the introduction of PE on the MWCNTs' surface while thermogravimetric and elemental analysis indicated the extent of this grafting. The grafting ratio was found to be in the range of 19-36 wt %. PE-functionalized MWCNTs were imaged by transmission elec-tronic microscopy showing a PE layer with various thicknesses covering the surface of nanotubes. It was found that higher levels of grafting were obtained using PE-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinyl-1-oxy and PE-SH rather than a radical grafting reaction in which dicumyl peroxide, PE, and MWCNTs were reacted. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 49: 957-965, 2011 |
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