Preparation and Mechanical Properties of Chitosan/Carbon Nanotubes Composites
Agency for Science, Technology and Research · South China University of Technology · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Biopolymer chitosan/multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) nanocomposites have been successfully prepared by a simple solution-evaporation method. The morphology and mechanical properties of the chitosan/MWNTs nanocomposites have been characterized with field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM), bright field transmission electron microscopy (TEM), optical microscopy (OM), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (XRD), and tensile as well as nanoindentation tests. The MWNTs were observed to be homogeneously dispersed throughout the chitosan matrix. When compared with neat chitosan, the mechanical properties, including the tensile modulus and strength, of the nanocomposites are greatly improved by about 93% and 99%,…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 9.58
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 42
Authors
4- SWShaofeng WangCorresponding
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, South China University of Technology, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Fujian Normal University
- LSLuming Shen
South China University of Technology, Fujian Normal University, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
- WZWei‐De Zhang
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Fujian Normal University, South China University of Technology
- YTYuejin Tong
South China University of Technology, Fujian Normal University, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Topics & keywords
- Chitosan
- Nanocomposite
- Materials science
- Carbon nanotube
- Ultimate tensile strength
- Composite material
- Biopolymer
- Nanoindentation