High Performance Shape Memory Epoxy/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites

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• 作者：Yayun Liu ; Jun Zhao ; Lingyu Zhao ; Weiwei Li ; Hui Zhang ; Xiang Yu ; Zhong Zhang
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 13, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：1
• 页码：311-320
• 全文大小：632K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

A series of shape memory nanocomposites based on diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) E51/methylhexahydrophthalic anhydride (MHHPA)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) with various stoichiometric ratios (r_s) of DGEBA/MHHPA from 0.5 to 1.2 and filler contents of 0.25 and 0.75 wt % are fabricated. Their morphology, curing kinetics, phase transition, mechanical properties, thermal conduction, and shape memory behaviors are systematically investigated. The prepared materials show a wide range of glass transition temperatures (T_g) of ca. 65–140 °C, high flexural modulus (E) at room temperature up to ca. 3.0 GPa, high maximum stress (σ_m) up to ca. 30 MPa, high strain at break (ε_b) above 10%, and a fast recovery of 32 s. The results indicate that a small amount of MWCNT fillers (0.75 wt %) can significantly increase all three key mechanical properties (E, σ_m, and ε_b) at temperatures close to T_g, the recovery rate, and the repetition stability of the shape memory cycles. All of these remarkable advantages make the materials good candidates for the applications in aerospace and other important fields.