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- Title
Carbon nanofibers reinforced soy polyol-based polyurethane nanocomposites.
- Authors
Liu, Weijing; Xu, Ke; Wang, Chengshuang; Qian, Bin; Sun, Yifan; Zhang, Yuge; Xie, Hongfeng; Cheng, Rongshi
- Abstract
Vapor-grown carbon nanofiber (CNF)-modified soy polyol-based polyurethane (PU) nanocomposites with different hydroxyl value of polyols (OH) were synthesized. The glass transition, thermal stability, mechanical properties, and morphology of the PU nanocomposites were characterized through differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry, universal test machine, and scanning electron microscopy. The addition of CNFs increased the glass transition temperature as well as significantly improved tensile strength and Young's modulus of PU nanocomposites. Meanwhile, thermal and mechanical properties of PU composites were influenced by the different hydroxyl value of polyols due to those different structures. In particular, in the case of 2 mass% CNF addition in PU derived from soy polyol with the OH number of 164 mg KOH g, 20.8 °C improvement in the glass transition temperature, 115 % increment in tensile strength, and nearly eightfold increase in Young's modulus were obtained.
- Subjects
CARBON nanofibers; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; POLYURETHANES; HYDROXYL group; POLYOL synthesis
- Publication
Journal of Thermal Analysis & Calorimetry, 2016, Vol 123, Issue 3, p2459
- ISSN
1388-6150
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10973-015-4690-1