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Reactive melt blending of functionalized-MW/CNTs with polyolefin

N. Tz. DintchevaF. P. La MantiaRossella Arrigo

subject

Ethylene-acrylic acid co-polymerchemistry.chemical_classificationNanotubeMaterials scienceNanocompositePolymeric matrixPolymerBis-oxazolineMelt blendingProcessing methodsPolyolefinFunctionalized-MW/CNTReactive melt blendingchemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryComposite material

description

Adding nanotube adding into a polymeric matrix leads to the formulation of nanocomposites with enhanced macroscopical performances, and, moreover, the use of functionalized MW-CNTs leads to the nanocomposite formulation with even better properties. Furthermore, the reactive melt blending can be considered as a powerful processing method, i.e. reasonably simple and ecologically friendly, in order to formulate polymer based nanocomposite with good performance. In this work, the reactive melt blending between an ethylene-acrylic acid co-polymer, bis-oxazoline and functionalized MW-CNTs was performed and the rheological properties of the formulated systems were investigated.

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4744969