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Facile synthesis of magnetic nanoparticle–coated single-walled carbon nanotubes and its functional modification in epoxy resin

✍ Scribed by Jianfeng Shen; Chen Qin; Yizhe Hu; Na Li; Mingxin Ye


Publisher
Society for Plastic Engineers
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
733 KB
Volume
31
Category
Article
ISSN
0272-8397

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Abstract

Magnetic single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were synthesized in a process consisting of two steps: (a) covalent in situ polymerization and grafting of poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) on the surface of SWCNTs, followed by (b) thermal decomposition of ferric triacetylacetonateto produce magnetite nanoparticles on the PAA‐grafted SWCNTs. It was demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticle–coated SWCNTs dispersed in water by sonication would respond to an external magnetic field. On such functionalization, the reorientation of SWCNTs in an epoxy matrix could be produced using a magnet. This endowed the composites with desirable magnetic and mechanical properties. POLYM. COMPOS., 31:2035–2041, 2010. © 2010 Society of Plastics Engineers