[HTML][HTML] Interfacial characteristics of carbon nanotube-polymer composites: A review

J Chen, L Yan, W Song, D Xu - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent research on the interfacial characteristics of carbon nanotube-polymer
nanocomposites is reviewed. The state of knowledge in the characteristics of the interface …

Recent advances in hydrophilic modification and performance of polyethersulfone (PES) membrane via additive blending

TA Otitoju, AL Ahmad, BS Ooi - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The blending of additives in the polyethersulfone (PES) matrix is an important approach in
the membrane industry to reduce membrane hydrophobicity and improve the performance …

Review of nanomaterials-assisted ion exchange membranes for electromembrane desalination

A Alabi, A AlHajaj, L Cseri, G Szekely, P Budd, L Zou - npj Clean Water, 2018 - nature.com
In order to address the increasing demand for fresh water due to accelerated social and
economic growth in the world, water treatment technologies, such as desalination, have …

Long-lasting sustainable self-healing ion gel with triple-network by trigger-free dynamic hydrogen bonds and ion bonds

M Zhu, S He, Y Dai, J Han, L Gan, J Liu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Considering their unsustainability, brittle shape, and weak mechanical properties, the
application of conventional hydrogels suffers significant limits in various fields. Herein, with …

Mechanical and fracture properties of hyperbranched polymer covalent functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube-reinforced epoxy composites

L Wang, Y Tan, X Wang, T Xu, C Xiao, Z Qi - Chemical Physics Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Using a covalent functionalization strategy, hyperbranched poly (trimellitic anhydride-
diethylene glycol) ester epoxy resin (HTDE) was grafted on multiwalled carbon nanotubes …

Fabrication, Characterization, and Functionalization of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube Conjugated with Tamoxifen and Its Anticancer Potential against Human …

A Oskoueian, K Amin Matori, S Bayat… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this experiment, we aimed to fabricate SWCNT conjugated with tamoxifen and evaluated
its anticancer potential against human breast cancer cells (MCF‐7). The results showed that …

Influence of functional group on the electrical transport properties of polyvinyl alcohol grafted multiwall carbon nanotube composite thick film

A Kumar Das, R Dharmana, A Mukherjee… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We present a novel technique to obtain a higher or lower value of dielectric constant due to
the variation of a functional group on the surface of multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) …

Evaluation of the shape memory behavior of a poly (cyclooctene) based nanocomposite device

A Dorigato, A Pegoretti - Polymer Engineering & Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of the present work is to investigate the electro‐activated shape memory
behavior of a polycyclooctene (PCO) based nanocomposite device. At this aim, carbon black …

Glass transition broadening via nanofiller‐contiguous polymer network in aromatic thermosetting copolyester nanocomposites

M Bakir, JL Meyer, A Sutrisno… - Journal of Polymer …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The glass transition is a genuine imprint of temperature‐dependent structural relaxation
dynamics of backbone chains in amorphous polymers, which can also reflect features of …

Improved mechanical properties and thermal stability of phenol formaldehyde resin by incorporating poly (vinyl alcohol)-grafted reduced graphene oxide nanohybrid

M Zhi, X Chen, Q Liu, J Jia - Materials Research Express, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Poly (vinyl alcohol) grafted reduced graphene oxide (PVA-rGO) nanohybrid has been
synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method. Transmission electron microscopy, ultraviolet …