PMID- 25024676 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20140715 LR - 20240503 IS - 1931-7573 (Print) IS - 1556-276X (Electronic) IS - 1556-276X (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2014 TI - Synthesis and characterization of HDPE/N-MWNT nanocomposite films. PG - 288 LID - 10.1186/1556-276X-9-288 [doi] AB - In this work, a series of nitrogen-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes (N-MWCNTs) with several weight percentages (0.1, 0.4, 0.8, and 1.0 wt.%) were synthesized by catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD) technique. The N-MWCNTs were first characterized and then dispersed in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) polymer matrix to form a nanocomposite. The HDPE/N-MWCNT nanocomposite films were prepared by melt mixing and hot pressing; a good dispersion in the matrix and a good N-MWCNT-polymer interfacial adhesion have been verified by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Raman spectroscopy measurements have been performed on prepared samples to confirm the presence and nature of N-MWNTs in HDPE matrix. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis demonstrated that the crystalline structure of HDPE matrix was not affected by the incorporation of the N-MWNTs. FAU - Chouit, Fairouz AU - Chouit F AD - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche des Etats Condenses (LEREC), Departement de Physique, Universite Badji-Mokhtar, BP. 12, Annaba 23000, Algeria. FAU - Guellati, Ounassa AU - Guellati O AD - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche des Etats Condenses (LEREC), Departement de Physique, Universite Badji-Mokhtar, BP. 12, Annaba 23000, Algeria ; Laboratoire des Materiaux, Surfaces et Procedes pour la Catalyse (LMSPC), ECPM - CNRS, UdS, 25 rue Becquerel, Strasbourg 67087, France ; Universite Mohamed Cherif Messaadia, BP. 1553, Souk-Ahras 41000, Algeria. FAU - Boukhezar, Skander AU - Boukhezar S AD - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche des Etats Condenses (LEREC), Departement de Physique, Universite Badji-Mokhtar, BP. 12, Annaba 23000, Algeria. FAU - Harat, Aicha AU - Harat A AD - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche des Etats Condenses (LEREC), Departement de Physique, Universite Badji-Mokhtar, BP. 12, Annaba 23000, Algeria. FAU - Guerioune, Mohamed AU - Guerioune M AD - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche des Etats Condenses (LEREC), Departement de Physique, Universite Badji-Mokhtar, BP. 12, Annaba 23000, Algeria. FAU - Badi, Nacer AU - Badi N AD - Center for Advanced Materials, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5004, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140609 PL - United States TA - Nanoscale Res Lett JT - Nanoscale research letters JID - 101279750 PMC - PMC4082165 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Carbon nanotube OT - High-density polyethylene OT - Nanocomposite OT - Raman spectroscopy OT - SEM OT - XRD EDAT- 2014/07/16 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/16 06:01 PMCR- 2014/06/09 CRDT- 2014/07/16 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/03/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/07/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/07/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2014/06/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1556-276X-9-288 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1556-276X-9-288 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nanoscale Res Lett. 2014 Jun 9;9(1):288. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-288. eCollection 2014.