TY - GEN
T1 - Investigation of the properties of PEEK-nanotube composites prepared by solution methods
AU - Bartolucci, Stephen F.
AU - Mago, Gaurav
AU - Gevgilili, Halil
AU - Vural, Seda
AU - Dikovics, Kimberly
AU - Kalyon, Dilhan M.
AU - Fisher, Frank T.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) is an aromatic, very high temperature semi-crystalline polymer which exhibits a technologically useful combination of mechanical and chemical properties. In this study carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were used to prepare nanocomposites from PEEK using a polymer crystallization technique at intermediate temperatures. The solution processing technique was used to uniformly disperse the CNFs in the polymer solution and to prepare the nanocomposite samples with different loading of CNFs. Microstructural characterization shows dispersion at very low loading of CNFs, but agglomerates were formed at higher loading. Thermal analysis was used as a means to understand the effect of CNFs on the physical properties of the PEEK nanocomposites.
AB - Poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) is an aromatic, very high temperature semi-crystalline polymer which exhibits a technologically useful combination of mechanical and chemical properties. In this study carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were used to prepare nanocomposites from PEEK using a polymer crystallization technique at intermediate temperatures. The solution processing technique was used to uniformly disperse the CNFs in the polymer solution and to prepare the nanocomposite samples with different loading of CNFs. Microstructural characterization shows dispersion at very low loading of CNFs, but agglomerates were formed at higher loading. Thermal analysis was used as a means to understand the effect of CNFs on the physical properties of the PEEK nanocomposites.
KW - Carbon nanofibers
KW - Nanocomposites
KW - Poly(ether ether ketone)
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2009-11938
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2009-11938
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954301473
SN - 9780791843857
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
SP - 279
EP - 282
BT - Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2009, IMECE 2009
T2 - ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2009
Y2 - 13 November 2009 through 19 November 2009
ER -