Formation of an adherent polyacrylonitrile/carbon nanotubes composite film onto a polyacrylonitrile brush electrografted on copper

L Vast; O Rochez; L Azoulay; A Fonseca; J B Nagy; G Deniau; S Palacin; J Delhalle; Z Mekhalif

doi:10.1166/jnn.2007.826

Formation of an adherent polyacrylonitrile/carbon nanotubes composite film onto a polyacrylonitrile brush electrografted on copper

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2007 Oct;7(10):3404-10. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2007.826.

Authors

L Vast¹, O Rochez, L Azoulay, A Fonseca, J B Nagy, G Deniau, S Palacin, J Delhalle, Z Mekhalif

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Chimie et d'Electrochimie des Surface, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.

PMID: 18330148
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2007.826

Abstract

An adherent polymer film based on a composite of polyacrylonitrile/multiwall carbon nanotubes (PAN/MWNTs) have been elaborated on a copper substrate. The first layer is an electrografted PAN brush on which of a subsequent layer of PAN/carbon nanotubes composite has been deposited by simple dipping from solution in dimethylformamide (DMF). MWNTs have been previously chemically functionalized with 3-cyanopropyltrichlorosilane to promote de-bundling and homogeneous dispersion of the carbon nanotubes in the composite.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acrylic Resins / chemistry*
Adsorption
Copper / chemistry*
Crystallization / methods*
Electrochemistry / methods*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Macromolecular Substances / chemistry
Materials Testing
Microelectrodes
Molecular Conformation
Nanotechnology / methods*
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
Nanotubes, Carbon / ultrastructure*
Particle Size
Surface Properties
Tissue Adhesions

Substances

Acrylic Resins
Macromolecular Substances
Nanotubes, Carbon
polyacrylonitrile
Copper