Efficient coating of N-doped carbon nanotubes with polystyrene using atomic transfer radical polymerization

Benjamin Fragneaud, Karine Masenelli-Varlot, Alfonso Gonzalez-Montiel, Mauricio Terrones, Jean Yves Cavaillé

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Abstract

We describe an efficient and novel route to graft covalently polystyrene (PS) on the external layers of nitrogen-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNx MWNTs) using atomic transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The doped tubes did not require any acid treatment prior to the ATRP reaction. Samples were characterized using FTIR, thermogravimetric analyses, high resolution transmission microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS). All the tubes were coated with a uniform layer of PS (3-5 nm thick). These grafted tubes could behave as efficient fillers in the manufacture of reinforced polymers exhibiting outstanding mechanical properties.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)567-573
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume419
Issue number4-6
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 26 2006

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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