Title: ELECTRICAL AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE FILLED POLYPROPYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES
Page Range: p.489-494
Author(s): Prashantha K; Soulestin J; Lacrampe M F; Krawczak P; Dupin G; Claes M; Tewari A
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Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
Issue Year: ppc
Volume: 18
Issue No: No.9
Abstract
Different concentrations of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) filled polypropylene (PP) nanocomposites were prepared through PP/MWNT masterbatch dilution process by melt compounding with a twin-screw extruder. Prepared nanocomposites were characterized for their electrical resistivity and dielectric properties. The experimental results revealed that incorporation of MWNTs in PP matrix had decreased the electrical resistivity and increased the dielectric constant at low dielectric loss. The electrical conductivity and dielectric constant of PP/MWNT nanocomposites increased significantly near the percolation thresholds, which is equal to 2 wt.% of MWNTs. The PP nanocomposite containing 5 wt.% MWNT exhibited a high dielectric constant under wide sweep frequencies attended by low dielectric loss. Its dielectric constant is >110 under lower frequency, and remains the same in the entire frequency range. Interestingly, dielectric constant values of the prepared nanocomposite systems have weak or nil frequency dependence in the entire frequency range. Morphological characterisation was done using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and it was observed that nanotubes are distributed reasonably uniformly indicating a good dispersion of nanotubes in the PP matrix. The obtained results indicate that a common commercial plastic with good comprehensive performance, which exhibited the potential for applications in advanced electronics, was obtained by a simple industry benign technique. 47 Refs.
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