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- 2024High ferroelectric performance of poly (vinylidene difluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) - based membranes enabled by electrospinning and multilayer lamination
- 2022Oligomeric Curing Activators Enable Conventional Sulfur-Vulcanized Rubbers to Self-Healcitations
- 2020Crystallisation behaviour of composites of HDPE and MWCNTs: The effect of nanotube dispersion, orientation and polymer deformationcitations
- 2019Self-assembly of fluoride-encapsulated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanocrystalscitations
- 2018Stress-oscillation behaviour of semi-crystalline polymers: the case of poly(butylene succinate)citations
- 2018An investigation into the crystalline morphology transitions in poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) under uniaxial deformation in the quasi-solid-state regimecitations
- 2018An investigation into the crystalline morphology transitions in poly-L- lactic acid (PLLA) under uniaxial deformation in the quasi-solid-state regimecitations
- 2017Confirmation of a Nanohybrid Shish-Kebab (NHSK) Structure in Composites of PET and MWCNTscitations
- 2017The formation of a nanohybrid shish-kebab (NHSK) structure in melt-processed composites of poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)citations
- 2016Structure evolution in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) - Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite films during <i>in-situ</i> uniaxial deformationcitations
- 2016Structure evolution in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) - Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite films during in-situ uniaxial deformation
- 2015Crystallization and morphology development in polyethylene-octakis(n-octadecyldimethylsiloxy)octasilsesquioxane nancomposite blends.citations
- 2014Morphology and crystallization kinetics of polyethylene/long alkyl-chain substituted Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) nanocomposite blends: a SAXS/WAXS studycitations
- 2013Effect of processing parameters on the morphology development during extrusion of polyethylene tape: an in-line Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) studycitations
- 2005Polymer processing: Using synchrotron radiation to follow structure development in commercial and novel polymer materialscitations
- 2003Are metastable, precrystallisation, density-fluctuations a universal phenomena?citations
- 2003Early stages of crystallization in Isotactic Polypropylenecitations
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The formation of a nanohybrid shish-kebab (NHSK) structure in melt-processed composites of poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)
Abstract
The combination of synchrotron Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS), and thermal analysis was used to follow the evolution of crystalline morphology and crystallization kinetics in a series of melt-processed composites of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT).The as-extruded PET-MWCNT composites underwent both hot and cold isothermal crystallizations where a final oriented nanohybrid shish-kebab (NHSK) crystalline structure was observed. An oriented NHSK structure was seen to persist even after melting and recrystallization of the composites.From the scattering data, we propose a model whereby the oriented MWCNTs act as heterogeneous nucleation surfaces (shish) and the polymer chains wrap around them and the crystallites (kebabs) grow epitaxially outwards during crystallization. However, depending on crystallization temperature, unoriented crystallites also grow in the polymer matrix, resulting in a combination of a NHSK and lamellar morphology. In contrast, the neat PET homopolymer showed the sporadic nucleation of a classic unoriented lamellar structure under the same isothermal crystallization conditions. These results provide a valuable insight into the distinctive modification of the crystalline morphology of melt-processed polymer-MWCNT composites prior to any secondary processing, having a significant impact on the use of MWCNTs as fillers in the processing and modification of the physical and mechanical properties of engineering polymers.