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Synthesis of carbon nanotube—nanodiamond hierarchical nanostructures and their polyurea nanocomposites |
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| Authors: | V. N. Khabashesku M. X. Pulikkathara Rui Lobo |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, S222 Engineering Build. 1, Houston, TX, 77204, USA 2. Baker Hughes Incorporated, 14990 Yorktown Plaza Drive, Houston, TX, 77040, USA 3. Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, P.O. Box 1892, MS 60 Houston, TX, 77251-1892, USA 4. Nanoscale Science Group 10 (GNCN), Physics Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal |
| Abstract: | Hierarchical carbon nanostructures (HCNs) comprising functionalized nanodiamond particles (ND) covalently bonded to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) through urea or ethylene diamine linkers were synthesized using wet chemistry technique. Atomic force microscopy, transmission electron spectroscopy, and scanning electron spectroscopy reveal the pearl-necklace-like morphology of new HCNs with up to 50% of the CNT surface decorated by ND particles. Nanocomposites fabricated using polyuria/polyurethane hybrid polymer matrix and 0.2 wt.% of HCNs as a reinforcing filler show a 64% increase in tensile and elongation strength at break relatively to neat polymer. |
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