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Elsevier, European Polymer Journal, (68), p. 128-138, 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.04.022

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Static and dynamic percolation of phenoxy/carbon nanotube nanocomposites

Journal article published in 2015 by Han Zhang ORCID, Emiliano Bilotti, Wei Tu, Andy Lew, Chun Yee Lew, Ton Peijs
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Abstract

The electrical conductivity of a carbon nanotube/phenoxy nanocomposite fabricated by melt-processing is presented. A low percolation threshold (pc ∼ 0.20 wt.%) for carbon nanotubes in phenoxy, a thermoplastic epoxy, is reported. The dispersion of the nanofillers within phenoxy matrix was examined by scanning electron microscopy, showing good levels of dispersion without aggregates. The temperature dependence of nanotube network formation is described and explained by a dynamic percolation process. Suitable processing and annealing conditions are provided to achieve low percolation thresholds based on observed electrical and rheological results. Since these phenoxy resins are dissolvable into epoxy, these findings open up possibilities to deliver carbon nanotubes into composites based on such epoxy resin, creating hierarchical nanoengineered composites.