TY - JOUR
T1 - The incorporation of single-walled carbon nanotubes into polymerized high internal phase emulsions to create conductive foams with a low percolation threshold
AU - Hermant, M.C.
AU - Verhulst, M.
AU - Kyrylyuk, A.V
AU - Klumperman, B.
AU - Koning, C.E.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - New methods for the incorporation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) into styrene-divinylbenzene-based high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) are addressed with specific attention to minimizing the SWCNT loading while maintaining a high level of conductivity of the final polyHIPE-SWCNT composites. Stable HIPEs were achieved using sodium dodecyl sulfate-stabilized SWCNTs, thus eliminating the necessity of SWCNT functionalization. PolyHIPE-SWCNT composites were made with water: oil ratios (vol/vol) of 75:25 and of 84:16. The percolation threshold was determined to be 0.2 and 0.1 wt%, respectively. These threshold values are lower than that obtained for non-porous, polystyrene-SWCNT composites made by means of a latex-based route followed by melt-processing. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
AB - New methods for the incorporation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) into styrene-divinylbenzene-based high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) are addressed with specific attention to minimizing the SWCNT loading while maintaining a high level of conductivity of the final polyHIPE-SWCNT composites. Stable HIPEs were achieved using sodium dodecyl sulfate-stabilized SWCNTs, thus eliminating the necessity of SWCNT functionalization. PolyHIPE-SWCNT composites were made with water: oil ratios (vol/vol) of 75:25 and of 84:16. The percolation threshold was determined to be 0.2 and 0.1 wt%, respectively. These threshold values are lower than that obtained for non-porous, polystyrene-SWCNT composites made by means of a latex-based route followed by melt-processing. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
U2 - 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.12.013
DO - 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.12.013
M3 - Article
VL - 69
SP - 656
EP - 662
JO - Composites Science and Technology
JF - Composites Science and Technology
SN - 0266-3538
IS - 5
ER -