CARBON NANOTUBE REINFORCED POLYETHYLENE OXIDE COMPOSITES

Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polyethylene Oxide Composites

Speaker: Mahesh Khanolkar

ABSTRACT

Carbon nanotubes are widely used as reinforcements for polymeric matrices in many high technology applications by virtue of their better thermal, mechanical and electrical properties. For effective reinforcement, nanotubes must be uniformly dispersed within the polymer matrix. An introduction to improved dispersion by processing of carbon nanotube reinforced polyethylene oxide composite is presented in this research. Enhancement of thermal, mechanical properties is evident with improved dispersion. Polyethylene Oxide (PEO) a semicrystalline polymer was chosen as the base matrix. The nanocomposite is prepared by solution mixing followed by characterization to see the effect of nanotube reinforcement on polyethylene oxide.

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