TITLE:
New Strategy for Chemically Attachment of Imine Group on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Surfaces: Synthesis, Characterization and Study of DC Electrical Conductivity
AUTHORS:
Omar Al-Shuja’a, Abeer Obeid, Yousuf El-Shekeil, Mohamed Hashim, Zinab Al-Washali
KEYWORDS:
Amino Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT-NH2), Polymer Nanocomposites, Functionalization, Solution Blending, Imine, Terephthalaldehyde, FTIR, SEM, TEM, XRD, UV, DSC, TGA and DC Electrical Conductivity
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering,
Vol.5 No.2,
February
9,
2017
ABSTRACT: This paper used a new approach of preparing poly-composites by covalent linkage between the MWCNT’s by imine group. The Poly (Imine)/MWCNT Composite was synthesized by the solution blending method from reacted amino multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT-NH2) with Terephthalaldehyde (TPAL). The obtained poly-composite was characterized by FT-IR, UV-Vis, XRD, TEM, SEM, TGA, DSC and DC electrical conductivity. The formation of Poly (Imine)/MWCNT composite was confirmed. The DC electrical conductivity of poly-composites was within the range 2.3 × 10–4 - 5.3 × 10–4 S/cm due to the interaction between the nanotubes.