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Multiscale polymer dynamics in hierarchical carbon nanotube grafted glass fiber reinforced composites

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Krishnamurthz, Ajay
Tao, Ran
Doshi, Sagar M.
Burni, Faraz Ahmed
Natarajan, Bharath
Hunston, Donald
Thostenson, Erik T.
Faraone, Antonio
Forster, Amanda L.
Forster, Aaron M.

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Carbon nanotube (CNT) grafted glass fiber reinforced epoxy nanocomposites (GFRP) present a range of stiffnesses (MPa to GPa) and length scales (mu m to nm) at the fiber-matrix interface. The contribution of functionalized CNT networks to the local and bulk polymer dynamics is studied here by using a combination of torsion dynamical mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS), and neutron scattering (NS) measurements. DMTA measurements highlight a reduction in the storage modulus (G') in the rubbery region and an asymmetric broadening of the loss modulus (G '') peak in the alpha-transition region. NS measurements show a suppressed hydrogen mean-square displacement (MSD) in the presence of glass fibers but a higher hydrogen MSD after grafting functionalized CNTs onto fiber surfaces. PALS measurements show greater free volume characteristics in the presence of the functionalized CNT modified composites, supporting the view that these interface layers increase polymer mobility. While NS and DMTA are sensitive to different modes of chain dynamics, the localization of functionalized nanotubes at the fiber interface is found to affect the distribution of polymer relaxation modes without significantly altering the thermally activated relaxation processes.

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American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Materials sciences, Multidisciplinary design optimization, Polymers

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ACS Applied Polymer Materials

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10.1021/acsapm.9b00464

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