Synthesis of nanocomposites from polyaniline, polypyrrole and carbon nanotubes, and unzipping of multi-walled carbon nanotubes for the obtention of new graphitic nanomaterials
"The synthesis of composites from carbon nanotubes has its most notable challenge in the good dispersion of carbon nanotubes within the polymer matrix. Moreover, a good interaction is also desired between both components and a synergic effect in the composite as well, resulting from the propert...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Institucional del IPICYT |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1010/825 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1010/426 http://ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1010/825 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Carbon nanotubes info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Synthesis info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Nanocomposites info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/MWNTs info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Graphitic nanomaterials info:eu-repo/classification/cti/7 info:eu-repo/classification/cti/33 info:eu-repo/classification/cti/3312 info:eu-repo/classification/cti/331299 |
| Sumario: | "The synthesis of composites from carbon nanotubes has its most notable challenge in the good dispersion of carbon nanotubes within the polymer matrix. Moreover, a good interaction is also desired between both components and a synergic effect in the composite as well, resulting from the properties of each component. On this respect, in this thesis we present the main results concerning the synthesis of composites from multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), nitrogen-doped MWNTs (CNx), and electronic conducting polymers, specifically from polyaniline (PAni), sulfonated polyaniline (SPAni), and polypyrrole (PPy). This study was motivated by our interest too combine the unique properties of each component and the obtention of composites with improved electronic and mechanical properties. For first time in science, we synthesized these composites by in situ polymerization of the corresponding monomers by means of a reductive alkylation method in liquid ammonia which is called nanotube salts. This method has been widely used for functionalization of fullerenes, single- (SWNTs), and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs). In this method, metallic lithium is dissolved in liquid ammonia, to which carbon nanotubes are added, thus forming nanotube salts. During the synthesis of these composites we occasionally observed that both MWNTs ans CNx were opened at the tips or in segments. We thus decided to follow this research line, successfully obtaining carbon nanoribbons from MWNTs. We found that these MWNTs can be opened longitudinally by intercalation of lithium and ammonia followed by exfoliation. Intercalation of open-ended tubes and exfoliation eith acid treatment and abrupt heating provided tjhe best results. The resulting material consists of: (i) multilayered flat graphitic structures (nanoribbons), (ii) partially open MWNTs, and (iii) graphene flakes. We called the completely unwrapped nanotubes ex-MWNTs, which are characterized by a large number of edges that make them very attractive for many applications such as: composites, gas adsorption, rechargeable batteries, capacitors, etc. Characterization of their morphology, vibrational, and structure properties allowed us to propose an exfoliation mechanism for MWNTs." |
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