Title

Fabrication And Properties Of Shape-Memory Polymer Coated With Conductive Nanofiber Paper

Keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Nanocomposite; Nanopaper; Shaper-memory polymer

Abstract

A unique concept of shape-memory polymer (SMP) nanocomposites making up of carbon nanofiber paper was explored. The essential element of this method was to design and fabricate nanopaper with well-controlled and optimized network structure of carbon nanofibers. In this study, carbon nanofiber paper was prepared under ultrasonicated processing and vapor press method, while the dispersion of nanofiber was treated by BYK-191 dispersant. The morphologies of carbon nanofibers within the paper were characterized with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In addition, the thermomechanical properties of SMP coated with carbon nanofiber paper were measured by the dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA). It was found that the glass transition temperature and thermomechanical properties of nanocomposites were strongly determined by the dispersion of polymer in conductive paper. Subsequently, the electrical conductivity of conductive paper and nanocomposites were measured, respectively. And experimental results revealed that the conductive properties of nanocoposites were significantly improved by carbon nanopaper, resulting in actuation driven by electrical resistive heating. © 2009 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.

Publication Date

12-22-2009

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

7493

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845398

Socpus ID

72149122345 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/72149122345

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