PMID- 26266528
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151209
LR  - 20150903
IS  - 1520-5207 (Electronic)
IS  - 1520-5207 (Linking)
VI  - 119
IP  - 35
DP  - 2015 Sep 3
TI  - Controlling Short-Range Interactions by Tuning Surface Chemistry in HDPE/Graphene 
      Nanoribbon Nanocomposites.
PG  - 11867-78
LID - 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03558 [doi]
AB  - Unique dispersion states of nanoparticles in polymeric matrices have the 
      potential to create composites with enhanced mechanical, thermal, and electrical 
      properties. The present work aims to determine the state of dispersion from the 
      melt-state rheological behavior of nanocomposites based on carbon nanotube and 
      graphene nanoribbon (GNR) nanomaterials. GNRs were synthesized from 
      nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes via a chemical route using potassium permanganate 
      and some second acids. High-density polyethylene (HDPE)/GNR nanocomposite samples 
      were then prepared through a solution mixing procedure. Different nanocomposite 
      dispersion states were achieved using different GNR synthesis methods providing 
      different surface chemistry, interparticle interactions, and internal 
      compartments. Prolonged relaxation of flow induced molecular orientation was 
      observed due to the presence of both carbon nanotubes and GNRs. Based on the 
      results of this work, due to relatively weak interactions between the polymer and 
      the nanofillers, it is expected that short-range interactions between nanofillers 
      play the key role in the final dispersion state.
FAU - Sadeghi, Soheil
AU  - Sadeghi S
AD  - Polymer Processing Group, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 
      University of Calgary , 2500 University Dr, NW Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada.
FAU - Zehtab Yazdi, Alireza
AU  - Zehtab Yazdi A
AD  - Polymer Processing Group, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 
      University of Calgary , 2500 University Dr, NW Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada.
FAU - Sundararaj, Uttandaraman
AU  - Sundararaj U
AD  - Polymer Processing Group, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 
      University of Calgary , 2500 University Dr, NW Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150825
PL  - United States
TA  - J Phys Chem B
JT  - The journal of physical chemistry. B
JID - 101157530
EDAT- 2015/08/13 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/13 06:01
CRDT- 2015/08/13 06:00
PHST- 2015/08/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/08/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/13 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03558 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Phys Chem B. 2015 Sep 3;119(35):11867-78. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03558. Epub 
      2015 Aug 25.