Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: Rsc: Volume 27 (Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849735689 ISBN 13: 9781849735681

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013

Synopsis

The purpose of this book is to summarize the basic chemical aspects for obtaining multifunctional carbon nanotube-based polymer composites, but also to highlight some of the most remarkable advances that occurred in the field during the last recent years.

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About the Author

Dr. Dimitrios Tasis (chemist, PhD) has worked for more than two years in the prestigious group of Prof. Maurizio Prato in the field of chemical functionalization of graphitic allotropes (2002-2004). During the past seven years he is teaching as Lecturer and Assist. Prof. in the Department of Materials Science, Univ. Patras, Greece. His research interests include the chemistry of graphitic allotropes for the fabrication of multifunctional polymer composites. He is the co-author of 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. He has participated in 50 national/international conferences and delivered 10 invited lectures. He has co-authored some very successful articles/reviews in the past 5 years [Chemical Reviews2006, p.1105 (>1000 citations); Carbon2008, p.833 (110 citations, most cited); Progress in Polymer Science2010, p.357 (40 citations, most cited)]. He is Guest Editor for a thematic issue in the journal CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Bentham Publishers). Title of the thematic issue: Chemistry of carbon-based nanostructures and applications in nanotechnology (April 2011, issue No8). In addition, he has contributed in the preparation of an invited chapter entitled Carbon nanotube filled polymer composites Authors: D. Tasis, K. Papagelis, Book title: Advances in polymer composites - Nanocomposites Editors: S. Thomas, K. Joseph, S. K. Malhotra, K. Goda, M. S. Sreekala, JOHN WILEY & SONS INC. (submitted).

From the Back Cover

Chemically-modified carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit a wide range of physical and chemical properties which makes them an attractive starting material for the preparation of super-strong and highly-conductive fibres and films. Much information is available across the primary literature, making it difficult to obtain an overall picture of the state-of-the-art. This volume brings together some of the leading researchers in the field from across the globe to present the potential these materials have, not only in developing and characterising novel materials but also the devices which can be fabricated from them. Topics featured in the book include Raman characterisation, industrial polymer materials, actuators and sensors and polymer reinforcement, with chapters prepared by highly-cited authors from across the globe. A valuable handbook for any academic or industrial laboratory, this book will appeal to newcomers to the field and established researchers alike.

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Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Composites

By Dimitrios Tasis

The Royal Society of Chemistry

Copyright © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry
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ISBN: 978-1-84973-568-1

Contents

Chapter 1 Conducting Polymer-based Carbon Nanotube Composites: Preparation and Applications Sang-Ha Hwang, Jeong-Min Seo, In-Yup Jeon, Young-Bin Park and Jong-Beom Baek, 
Chapter 2 Actuators and Infrared Sensors Based on Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Composites Jian Chen, 
Chapter 3 Photoelectrical Responses of Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Composites Yumeng Shi and Lain-Jong Li, 
Chapter 4 Chemical Functionalisation of Carbon Nanotubes for Polymer Reinforcement Yurii K. Gun'ko, 
Chapter 5 Polymer-grafted Carbon Nanotubes via "Grafting From" Approach Chao Gao, Zheng Liu, Liang Kou and Xiaoli Zhao, 
Chapter 6 Metallic Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes for Electrically Conductive Materials and Devices Ankoma Anderson, Fushen Lu, Mohammed J. Meziani and Ya-Ping Sun, 
Chapter 7 Characterization of Dispersability of Industrial Nanotube Materials and their Length Distribution Before and After Melt Processing B. Krause, M. Mende, G. Petzold, R. Boldt and P. Pötschke, 
Chapter 8 Methods for Improving the Integration of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Polymers L. Valentini, D. Puglia and J. M. Kenny, 
Chapter 9 Raman Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Hybrid Materials Konstantinos Papagelis, 
Subject Index, 

CHAPTER 1

Conducting Polymer-based Carbon Nanotube Composites: Preparation and Applications

SANG-HA HWANG, JEONG-MIN SEO, IN-YUP JEON, YOUNG-BIN PARK AND JONG-BEOM BAEK

1.1 Discovery of Conducting Polymers

Polymers have traditionally been considered to be good electrical insulators, and a variety of applications have relied on this insulating property. However, in 1958, Natta et al. succeeded in synthesizing polyacetylene (PA), a semiconducting conjugated polymer, which paved the way for the upsurge in conjugate polymer research that followed in the decades to come. Alan Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid and Hideki Shirakawa made the revolutionary discovery that plastic can be electrically conducting in the 1970s. As a result, they were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000. For a polymer to be electrically conducting, it must "imitate" a metal — that is, the electrons must be freely mobile and not bound to the atoms. One way to achieve this, is to have the polymer backbone consisting of alternating single and double bonds, called "conjugated double bonds", between carbon atoms. It must also be "doped", which means that electrons are removed (through oxidation) or introduced (through reduction). The resulting holes or extra electrons can move along the macromolecule, which would, in turn, make the polymer electrically conducting.

The chemical origins of such a remarkable difference in the material properties between various types of polymers can be readily rationalized. Traditional polymers, such as polyethylene or polypropylene, are made up of essentially σ-bonds; hence, a charge once created on any given atom on the polymer chain is not mobile (static charge). The presence of an extended π-conjugation in polymers, however, confers the required mobility to charges that are created on the polymer backbone (by the process of doping) and makes them electrically conducting. One problem is that, due to the presence of this extended conjugation along the polymer backbone, the chains are rigid and possess strong inter-chain interactions, resulting in insoluble and infusible materials. These conjugated po

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849735689
• ISBN 13: 9781849735681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 291
• Editor: Dimitrios Tasis