Author/Authors :
Bhattacharyya، نويسنده , , Arup R and Sreekumar، نويسنده , , T.V and Liu، نويسنده , , Tao and Kumar، نويسنده , , Satish and Ericson، نويسنده , , Lars M and Hauge، نويسنده , , Robert H and Smalley، نويسنده , , Richard E، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Crystallization behavior of melt-blended polypropylene (PP)/single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) composites has been studied using optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Polypropylene containing 0.8 wt% SWNT exhibits faster crystallization rate as compared to pure polypropylene. PP/SWNT fibers have been spun using typical polypropylene melt spinning conditions. The PP crystallite orientation and the SWNT alignment in the fibers have been studied using X-ray diffraction and polarized Raman spectroscopy, respectively.
