Fabrication and characterization of ethylene-octene copolymer composites with ionic liquid functionalized carbon nanotubes

Remo Merijs Meri; Janis Zicans; Tatjana Ivanova; Ruta Saldabola; Ingars Reinholds; Zhenija Roja; Maik Feldmann; Hans Peter Heim

doi:10.3176/proc.2017.4.05

Fabrication and characterization of ethylene-octene copolymer composites with ionic liquid functionalized carbon nanotubes

Remo Merijs Meri^*
, Janis Zicans
, Tatjana Ivanova
, Ruta Saldabola
, Ingars Reinholds
, Zhenija Roja
, Maik Feldmann
, Hans Peter Heim

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Human Factors and Working Environment

Riga Technical University
University of Kassel

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Modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) by means of imidazolium ionic liquid (IL) was performed. Structural characterization of funtionalized nanofillers (IL-f-MWCNTs) was made by means of Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. MWCNTs and IL-f-MWCNTs were introduced within ethylene octane copolymer (EOC) with octene co-monomer content of 17% by using the masterbatch approach. The efficiency of the carbonaceous nanofiller distribution within the polymer matrix was characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy. It was shown that MWCNTs and IL-f-MWCNTs were both effective in rising storage modulus, tensile modulus, stress-at break, and electrical conductivity of EOC-based nanocomposites along with the increasing nanofiller content. Besides, it was observed that the modification efficiency of the investigated EOC matrix composites by IL-f-MWCNTs was greater in comparison to pristine MWCNTs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	347-353
Number of pages	7
Journal	Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences
Volume	66
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3176/proc.2017.4.05
Publication status	Published - 20 Dec 2017

Keywords

Carbon nanotubes
Material science
Nanocomposites
Polyethylene copolymer

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