纳米石墨薄片/聚吡咯复合材料的制备及导电性能

膨胀石墨经过超声处理制备了纳米石墨薄片。以其为导电填料，对甲苯磺酸为掺杂剂，FeCl₃·6H₂O为氧化剂，引发吡咯单体发生原位聚合，制备出纳米石墨薄片/聚吡咯(NanoGs/PPy)复合材料。利用红外光谱(FTIR)、扫描电镜(SEM)和透射电镜(TEM)表征了材料的组成和结构。结果表明，石墨薄片被聚吡咯完全包覆；并且以纳米级尺寸分散在聚吡咯基体中。热失重(TG)分析和电导率测试结果表明，复合材料的耐热性能和导电性能较纯聚吡咯有所提高。     

基于弱相互作用的石墨化CNT/PMMA复合材料的热电传输性能

从理论上计算了碳纳米管(CNT)与聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)的相互作用及浸润性, 并测试了CNT/PMMA复合材料的电学、热学和光学性能. 发现石墨化CNT/PMMA复合材料具有较好的导热和导电性能, 其渗流阈值在0.8%左右, 当CNT质量分数为3%时, 复合材料的导热系数提高193%. 这种电学及热学性能的提高一方面与石墨化CNTs的规整结构有关, 另一方面与石墨化CNT-PMMA体系的弱相互作用、CNT间的有效接触以及高效的CNT网络输运性能有密切关系. 研究结果表明, 通过调控CNT与聚合物基体的表面性质、相互作用及浸润性, 可以有效地构建优化的CNT输运网络, 获得性能优异的功能复合材料.     

纳米SiO_2/聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯复合材料的制备和力学性能

通过悬浮聚合的方法,用不同表面结构的纳米SiO2对聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)进行原位改性,得到纳米SiO2/聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯复合材料;利用红外光谱仪分析了复合材料的界面化学结构,利用热分析仪测定了其热稳定性,并采用冲击试验机测定了其力学性能.结果表明,不同表面结构的纳米SiO2均参与甲基丙烯酸甲酯的聚合反应,与PMMA基体之间形成化学键;而表面修饰有双键的纳米SiO2更易与甲基丙烯酸甲酯聚合,能更有效地提高PMMA的抗冲击性能.     

纳米SiO_2粒子锚固偶氮引发剂及接枝聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯

对纳米SiO2 粒子锚固偶氮引发剂 ,进而引发甲基丙烯酸甲酯聚合而制备聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA) 纳米SiO2 复合粒子进行了研究 .纳米SiO2 先用环氧型硅烷偶联剂处理 ,再与偶氮二氰基戊酸发生缩合反应而锚固上偶氮引发剂 ,通过差示扫描量热和元素分析证明了引发剂在纳米SiO2 表面的锚固 .通过改性纳米SiO2 存在下MMA的乳液聚合 ,制备得到了接枝率为 2 3 2 %、接枝效率为 36 1%的PMMA 纳米SiO2 复合粒子 .经乳液聚合后 ,纳米SiO2 粒子团聚程度减小 ,在水相中分散稳定 .     

PMMA纳米球的制备及其银膜包覆技术

采用无皂乳液聚合法制备了单分散、直径为170 nm左右的聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)纳米球, 然后利用3-甲基丙烯酰氧基丙基三甲氧基硅烷(MATS)和3-巯丙基三甲氧基硅烷(MPTMS)对PMMA纳米球进行表面改性, 在其表面包覆一层均匀的巯基, 通过巯基与银离子之间的相互作用, 使银在PMMA纳米球表面成核长大, 从而合成PMMA/Ag纳米球壳粒子. 通过扫描电子显微镜、投射电子显微镜和紫外-可见吸收光谱测试技术对产物性能进行了表征, 研究结果表明, 制备的PMMA/Ag纳米球壳粒子的分散性好、包覆均匀.     

纳米碳/聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯复合材料的研究

采用脉冲激光轰击浸于流动液相中固体靶的方法,直接连续制备了纳米碳/PMMA的乙酸乙酯溶液,经浇膜法得到了纳米碳/聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯复合材料.光谱分析表明复合体系中存在某种作用,导致该复合材料的玻璃化转变温度明显下降.透射电镜结果表明纳米碳可与聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯形成核/壳结构,使得纳米碳均匀分散于聚合物基体中.热分析结果表明纳米碳的加入对聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯的热分解性能没有显著影响.     

纳米二氧化硅表面接枝9,10-二氢-9-氧杂-10-磷杂菲-10-氧化物以及对聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯复合材料阻燃性能和透明性的影响

聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)是一种重要的透明高分子材料,但是PMMA的易燃性限制了其应用。 本工作在纳米二氧化硅表面接枝含磷阻燃剂9,10-二氢-9-氧杂-10-磷杂菲-10-氧化物(DOPO),并用于聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)的改性。 极限氧指数(LOI)、垂直燃烧(UL-94)和锥形量热(CCT)测试结果表明,制备的PMMA复合材料的阻燃性能大幅度提高,这主要归因于纳米粒子和含磷阻燃剂的协同阻燃作用,形成致密的炭保护层结构。 同时,二氧化硅接枝DOPO的加入可以保持PMMA良好的透明性,这有利于材料在光学透明性要求较高的领域的应用。     

PMMA纳米粒子的制备及耐温、耐盐性能

以过硫酸钾为引发剂,水和乙醇为反应介质,甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)为单体,通过无皂乳液聚合法制备了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)纳米粒子,详细考察了反应温度、初始单体含量、分散介质组成对单体转化率的影响规律。透射电子显微镜和傅里叶红外光谱分析结果表明实验制得了单分散的PMMA纳米粒子。纳米粒子在KCl、Mg Cl_2和Al_2(SO_4)_3等溶液中具有良好的耐盐稳分散定性,而且耐高温性能达到150℃,在油气田钻井领域中具有重要的应用前景。     

结构可控的聚合物长短刷接枝纳米粒子

通过RAFT聚合制备了一系列窄分子量分布的聚(γ-甲基丙烯酰氧基丙基三乙氧基硅烷)(PTEPM)-b-聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)嵌段共聚物和PTEPM、PMMA低聚物.将具有不同PMMA分子量的2种PTEPM-b-PMMA共聚物与低聚物PMMA或PTEPM进行共组装(微相分离),形成片、柱、球等不同PTEPM相区结构.采用盐酸气氛处理,PTEPM相区水解交联形成倍半硅氧烷SiO1.5内核,分离纯化得到聚合物长短刷接枝纳米粒子.使用这种相分离-交联-分散制备方法,调节嵌段共聚物分子结构和三组分比例,可实现聚合物接枝纳米粒子内核形状和尺寸、接枝密度、长短刷比例、长刷长度的精确调控.这些纳米粒子是研究聚合物纳米复合材料结构-性能关系的理想模型体系.     

界面作用对PMMA/MCM-41/OMMT复合材料性能的影响

通过单体插层原位本体聚合的方法, 制备了多种不同含量的聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)/蒙脱土/介孔分子筛(无模板剂)复合材料. 研究了不同结构填料与基体间的界面作用, 以及不同结构填料的比例变化对复合材料性能的影响. 研究结果表明: 有机蒙脱土(OMMT)与介孔分子筛MCM-41(无模板剂)共同作为填料, 与基体发生较强的界面效应, 形成新型网络复合结构, 两种粒子起到了协同增强作用|当有机蒙脱土(OMMT)/介孔分子筛(MCM-41)混合填料(比例为1∶1)含量为0.5%时, PMMA基纳米复合材料的拉伸强度达到最大值49.0 MPa, 比PMMA提高了15%|同时添加OMMT和MCM-41的PMMA基纳米复合材料的热稳定性高于单独添加OMMT或MCM-41的PMMA基复合材料.     

Studies on Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) and Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) Blends

Blends of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) in different compositions viz., 95/5, 90/10, 85/15 and 80/20 (by wt/wt, % of PMMA/TPU) were blended by melt mixing using a twin‐screw extruder. All the PMMA/TPU blends have been characterized for physico‐mechanical properties such as density, melt flow index, tensile behavior and izod impact strength. The impact strength of the PMMA/TPU blends were found to increase significantly with an increase in the percentage of TPU up to 20%, by retaining the tensile strength of PMMA. The effect of chemical aging on the performance of blends has been studied.     

Preparation of a poly(methyl methacrylate)-reduced graphene oxide composite with enhanced properties by a solution blending method

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/graphene nanocomposites were prepared by a simple solution blending method. The glass transition temperature of the produced PMMA/graphene composite was increased by 37 °C with 1.0 wt.% RGO content, which is approximately 40% of improvement compared to that of pure PMMA. The thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) decreased by 68% with as low as 0.1 wt.% RGO loading. The electrical conductivity of the nanocomposites reached up to 0.037 S/m even with only 2.0 wt.% RGO, which increased by more than twelve orders of magnitude. The resulting nanocomposites showed that a stable colloidal suspension of graphene dispersion in organic solvent before blending with PMMA is necessary to fabricate the nanocomposites with enhanced properties.     

Functionalization of Graphene Sheets via Chemically Grafting of PMMA Chains Through in-situ Polymerization

In this work, we report the preparation of graphene nanoplatelet which covalently functionalized with PMMA chains by introduction of vinyl groups onto graphene surface through simple esterification reaction between hydroxyl groups of graphite oxide and methacrylic anhydride. The synthesis is followed by in-situ polymerization with MMA monomers. The structural properties were characterized with X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD) and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) that showed the crystalline graphite is converted to individual layers during the synthesis steps. The grafting of PMMA chains was monitored with IR spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The TGA results revealed 40% wt of PMMA chains chemically grafted onto graphene surface. Significant increase in glass transition temperature (T_g) and existence of polymer chains in two positions (physically absorbed and chemically grafting onto graphite surface) are indicated by differential scanning calorimetric (DSC) analysis.     

不同结构颗粒对PMMA基复合材料性能影响

采用原位本体聚合法制备PMMA/MCM-41(with template),PMMA/SBA-15(with template),PMMA/SiO2三种复合材料.研究了介孔分子筛MCM-41,SBA-15和SiO2对PMMA复合材料拉伸强度,冲击强度,热稳定性的影响.由于合成介孔分子筛MCM-41,SBA-15时所用的模板剂CTAB和P123分布于孔口处和颗粒表面上,分别与PMMA基体产生物理缠结作用,增加了两者的相容性;且P123(EO20PO70EO20)表面有较大的PO/EO比率,与小分子量的CTAB相比有较强的疏水性,使得PMMA/SBA-15(with template)复合材料的性能要优于PMMA/MCM-41(with template).     

Toughness enhancements in poly(methyl methacrylate) by addition of oriented multiwall carbon nanotubes

The mechanical properties of multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanocomposites were studied as a function of nanotube orientation, length, concentration, and type. Orientation and dispersion were assessed by electron microscopy. A processing parameter study revealed the robust nature of fabricating nanotube/PMMA nanocomposites. An optimal set of extrusion conditions was found for minimizing the aggregate size in single‐wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)/PMMA nanocomposites; this set was also used for the fabrication of the MWNT/PMMA composites. Good dispersion was achieved for MWNTs in PMMA at 0.1–10 wt % loading levels (with the best dispersions at the lower loading levels). The orientation of MWNTs in PMMA proved to be the only way to substantially toughen the nanocomposite. A level of 1 wt % MWNTs in PMMA (oriented nanocomposite) exhibited the largest increase in tensile toughness with a 170% improvement over oriented PMMA. Increases in the modulus and yield strength were not nearly as pronounced (and occurred only at the highest loading of MWNTs, which was 10 wt %) with increases of 38 and 25%, respectively. A failure mechanism was proposed in which orientation of the MWNTs (normal to the direction of craze propagation and crack development) enabled them to toughen the brittle PMMA by bridging cracks that developed (via craze precursors) during the tensile test. None of the nanotube/PMMA composites showed mechanical properties close to the values expected from simple rule of mixture and orientation considerations. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 42: 2690–2702, 2004     

Synthesis and characterization of expandable graphite-poly(methyl methacrylate) composite particles and their application to flame retardation of rigid polyurethane foams

The expandable graphite (EG) is well proved to be a good intumescent flame retardant for rigid polyurethane foam (RPUF), however, as it is pulverized into fine particles (pEG) for the purpose of improving the mechanical properties of the foam composite, the flame-retardant properties of pEG-filled RPUF (pEG/RPUF) are deteriorated. To improve both the mechanical properties and flame-retardant performance of pEG/RPUF composite, the pEG particles were encapsulated with a layer of polymer, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) examination, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation well demonstrated that the pEG-PMMA particles were successfully synthesized via emulsion polymerization, with 22.09 wt% PMMA. In contrast to the pEG, the addition of 10 wt% of pEG-PMMA particles into RPUF led to a considerable increase of the compressive strength and modulus and flame retardancy (limiting oxygen index, horizontal and vertical burning rates). The improvement of mechanical properties and flame-retardant behavior of pEG-PMMA particles filled RPUF was attributed to the desirable dispersion of pEG in PU matrix without destroying the integrality of the RPUF cell system, the good interfacial adhesion between PMMA and RPUF, and sealing the fine EG particles without losing oxidant, hence, to increase their expanded volume as exposed to fire.     

PMMA/graphite nanosheets composite and its conducting properties

Graphite nanosheets (NanoG) were prepared by treating the expanded graphite with sonication in aqueous alcohol solution. Nanocomposites of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with NanoG were prepared via an in situ polymerization of MMA in the presence of NanoG with the aid of sonication. The nanocomposites were then dispersed with chloroform (CHCl₃) and casted on glass slides to form conducting films. The percolation threshold of PMMA/NanoG conducting films at room temperature was as low as 0.31 vol%, much lower than that of the composites filled with conventional graphite particles. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), selected area diffraction (SAD) and etc. were used to characterize the structure of the graphite nanosheets and the nanocomposites. Results showed that the high-aspect-ratio structure of graphite nanosheets played an important role in forming conducting network in PMMA matrix. The conducting behavior of the composite was interpreted by percolation theory.     

Thermal-Conductivity-Enhancing Copper-Plated Expanded Graphite/Paraffin Composite for Highly Stable Phase-Change Materials

Paraffin (PA)/expanded graphite (EG) is an important composite phase change material with low cost, high heat storage, good thermal conductivity and cycling stability. Its thermal conductivity needs to be further improved for application in the thermal management system of power lithium-ion batteries. In this paper, copper plated expanded graphite (CPEG) with 3D porous structure was prepared by electroless copper plating method, which was used as thermal conductivity enhancing material to replace part of EG in PA/EG composite materials. For the optimized phase change material composed of 80 %PA-14 %EG-6 %CPEG, the copper content is very low (0.768 wt %), but its thermal conductivity can be significantly improved without loss of latent heat and thermal cycling stability. Its thermal conductivity is increased from 11 times to 16.5 times that of paraffin while compared with the copper-free composite material (80 %PA-20 %EG). The PA/EG/CPEG composite material exhibits good temperature control effect on power lithium-ion batteries.     

Covalent bonded polymer–graphene nanocomposites

This report describes a new route to covalently bonded polymer–graphene nanocomposites and the subsequent enhancement in thermal and mechanical properties of the resultant nanocomposites. At first, the graphite is oxidized by the modified Hummers method followed by functionalization with Octadecylamine (ODA). The ODA functionalized graphite oxides are reacted with methacryloyl chloride to incorporate polymerizable ? C?C? functionality at the nanographene platelet surfaces, which were subsequently employed in in situ polymerization of methylmethacrylate to obtain covalently bonded poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)–graphene nanocomposites. The obtained nanocomposites show significant enhancement in thermal and mechanical properties compared with neat PMMA. Thus, even with 0.5 wt % graphene nanosheets, the T_g increased from 119 °C for neat PMMA to 131 °C for PMMA–graphene nanocomposite, and the respective storage modulus increased from 1.29 to 2 GPa. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 4262–4267, 2010     

Poly(methyl methacrylate) composites prepared by in situ polymerization using organophillic nano-to-submicrometer zinc oxide particles

Nano- and submicrometer zinc(II) oxide particles were synthesized by the polyol method and were used for the preparation of ZnO/poly(methyl methacrylate) (ZnO/PMMA) composite materials by the chain polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in bulk. ZnO particles with an organophilic surface layer were homogeneously dispersed in the PMMA matrix. Very low concentrations (0.1 wt.%) of nano zinc oxide absorbed over 98% of UV light as determined by UV-vis spectroscopy. Nano zinc oxide (75 nm) increased the initial decomposition temperature of the PMMA matrix by 30-40 °C at concentrations of 0.1% and above. This was explained by the changes in the termination mechanism of MMA polymerization resulting in a reduced concentration of vinylidene chain ends. Nano ZnO also increased the MMA polymerization reaction rate and reduced the activation energy. Submicrometer ZnO showed lower UV absorption, thermal stabilization and no influence on the reaction kinetics indicating that average particle size is of vital importance for the properties of PMMA nanocomposites and for MMA polymerization.