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Electrically Conductive Compounds of Polycarbonate, Liquid Crystalline Polymer, and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
Joint Authors
Jana, Sadhan C.
Pisitsak, Penwisa
Magaraphan, Rathanawan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-08-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) was blended with polycarbonate (PC) and multiwalled carbon nanotube (CNT) with the goal of improving electrical conductivity and mechanical properties over PC.
The LCP was anticipated to produce fibrillar domains in PC and help improve the mechanical properties.
The study was carried out using two grades of LCP—Vectra A950 (VA950) and Vectra V400P (V400P).
The compounds contained 20 wt% LCP and 0.5 to 15 wt% CNT.
The compounds were prepared by melt-blending in a twin-screw minicompounder and then injection molded using a mini-injection molder.
The fibrillar domains of LCP were found only in the case of PC/VA950 blend.
However, these fibrils turned into droplets in the presence of CNT.
It was found that CNT preferentially remained inside the LCP domains as predicted from the value of spreading coefficient.
The electrical conductivity showed the following order with the numbers in parenthesis representing the electrical percolation threshold of the compounds: PC/CNT (1%) > PC/VA950P/CNT (1%) > PC/V400P/CNT (3%).
The storage modulus showed improvements with the addition of CNT and VA950.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pisitsak, Penwisa& Magaraphan, Rathanawan& Jana, Sadhan C.. 2012. Electrically Conductive Compounds of Polycarbonate, Liquid Crystalline Polymer, and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Nanomaterials،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pisitsak, Penwisa…[et al.]. Electrically Conductive Compounds of Polycarbonate, Liquid Crystalline Polymer, and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Nanomaterials No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Pisitsak, Penwisa& Magaraphan, Rathanawan& Jana, Sadhan C.. Electrically Conductive Compounds of Polycarbonate, Liquid Crystalline Polymer, and Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-998283
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-998283