Author/Authors :
Lafuente، نويسنده , , E. and Piٌol، نويسنده , , M. and Oriol، نويسنده , , L. and Muٌoz، نويسنده , , Carlos E. and Benito، نويسنده , , A.M. and Maser، نويسنده , , W.K. and Dalton، نويسنده , , A.B. and Serrano، نويسنده , , J.L. and Martيnez، نويسنده , , M.T.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Composites were synthesized by “in-situ” polymerization of polyazomethine, a liquid crystal polymer (LCP), in presence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) previously dispersed in one of the employed monomers. Fiber processing was carried out by extrusion from the composites containing 1 and 10 wt.% of MWNTs at the mesophase temperature. We have observed that the typical highly oriented internal fibrillar structure can be significantly disrupted by increasing the nanotube content in the composite fibers. Evidences of MWNT alignment were found in the studied LCP/MWNT composites.