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- 2020Phosphonium-based polythiophene conjugated polyelectrolytes with different surfactant counterions: thermal properties, self-assembly and photovoltaic performances
- 2017Probing the bulk heterojunction morphology in thermally annealed active layers for polymer solar cellscitations
- 2016High-Permittivity Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Interlayers for High-Performance Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cellscitations
- 2011Thermal stability of poly[2-methoxy-5-(2’-phenylethoxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] (MPEPPV):fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cellscitations
- 2007Thermal hardening and structure of a phosphorus containing cementitious model materialcitations
- 2007A latex-based concept for obtaining carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites
- 2006Reaction mechanism, kinetics and high temperature transformations of geopolymerscitations
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A latex-based concept for obtaining carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites
Abstract
By using a latex-based technology, it is possible to efficiently disperse both single and multi wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs and MWNTs) within most of the polymers that are produced by emulsion polymerization, or that can be brought into the form of an emulsion. The first step of the process consists of exfoliating NTs in an aqueous surfactant solution. This step can be monitored by UV-Vis spectroscopy. Four experimental techniques have been developed in order to determine the minimum amount of surfactant, which is necessary to reach the highest degree of exfoliation of the NTs. The key step of this process is the mixing a stable dispersion of NTs covered by surfactant molecules with a polymer latex. In the nanocomposites obtained using this concept, preponderantly individualized NTs are homogeneously dispersed into the polymer matrix. This leads to the obtaining of conductive nanocomposites with a percolation threshold of about 0.3wt% of SWNTs in a high molecular weight polystyrene (PS) produced by free radical emulsion polymerization. Several procedures were explored in order to improve the properties of the materials, like tuning the characteristics (molecular weight and particle size distribution) of the polymer matrix.