Impact of the inclusion of hydrotalcite on the morphological and electrical characteristics of an epoxy-based CNT nanocomposite

Author

De Vivo, B. ; Lamberti, P. ; Spinelli, G. ; Tucci, V. ; Guadagno, L. ; Raimondo, M. ; Vertuccio, L. ; Vittoria, V. ; Caponetti, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The experimental results concerning the correlation between morphological and electrical characteristics of a MWCNT/epoxy based composites are presented. The impact of a nanoclay filler is investigated on the DC conductivity of a matrix loaded with different concentrations of MWCNT in order to evaluate the improvements on the dispersion of CNT inside the epoxy matrix. The dispersion is deemed to be very influencing on the electrical conductivity of the nanocomposite. A detailed morphological and structural characterization allows to interpret the electrical behaviour of the nanocomposites.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; electrical conductivity; nanocomposites; CNT dispersion; DC conductivity; MWCNT-epoxy based composite; electrical behaviour; electrical characteristic; electrical conductivity; epoxy-based CNT nanocomposite; hydrotalcite; morphological characteristic; nanoclay filler; Carbon nanotubes; Conductivity; Conductivity measurement; Dispersion; Educational institutions; Plastics; Carbon Nanotubes; Clay; DC conductivity; Epoxy-based nanocomposites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC EUROPE), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rome

ISSN

2325-0356

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0718-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMCEurope.2012.6396851

Filename

6396851