Significantly Improving Electrically Induced Shape Recovery of Shape Memory Nanocomposite Using Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Nanopaper with Beta-Cyclodextrin

Autor: Aying Zhang, Yong Qing Fu, Zhenghong Li, Haibao Lu, Yongtao Yao, Hongqi Guo
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters. 8:705-709
ISSN: 1941-4919
1941-4900
DOI: 10.1166/nnl.2016.2216
Popis: This paper reported that functionalization of carbon nanotube (CNT) nanopaper with beta-cyclodextrins (β-CD) enhanced the thermo-mechanical properties and shape recovery of shape memory polymer (SMP) nanocomposite. The functionalized CNT nanopaper showed a remarkable capability to enhance interfacial bonding strength between SMP matrix and the cyclodextrin molecules, where the inclusion complex was formed by interaction of the β-CD with epoxy-based SMP matrix. Electrically induced shape recovery behavior of the nanocomposite were characterized, and a high efficiency of shape recovery of SMP nanocomposite incorporated with the CNT-β-CD nanopaper was demonstrated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE