Polymer confinement effects in aligned carbon nanotubes arrays

Pitamber Mahanandia; Jörg J. Schneider; Marina Khaneft; Bernd Stühn; Tiago P. Peixoto; Barbara Drossel

doi:10.1039/b922906j

Polymer confinement effects in aligned carbon nanotubes arrays

Pitamber Mahanandia^*, Jörg J. Schneider, Marina Khaneft, Bernd Stühn, Tiago P. Peixoto, Barbara Drossel

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Technische Universität Darmstadt

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We present experimental and theoretical studies on the infiltration of polymers (polystyrene (PS), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)) into the free interstices of 3D aligned carbon nanotube arrays. The 3D aligned CNT structures were prepared by a template assisted non catalytic CVD approach. The infiltrated CNT/polymer composites were characterized by microscopic techniques such as infra-red and Raman spectroscopy. Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) has been employed to study the structural evolution and polymer confinement after the polymers are infiltrated in the aligned arrays of CNTs. A theoretical model has been used to understand and predict possible confinement effects of these polymers within the aligned CNT arrays, using self-consistent field theory (SCFT) and Monte-Carlo simulations based on the bond-fluctuation model.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4407-4417
Number of pages	11
Journal	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume	12
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b922906j
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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