@article{ART001507802},
author={Mehdi Karevan and Raghuram V. Pucha and Md A. Bhuiyan and Kyriaki Kalaitzidou},
title={Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites},
journal={Carbon Letters},
issn={1976-4251},
year={2010},
volume={11},
number={4},
pages={325-331}
TY - JOUR
AU - Mehdi Karevan
AU - Raghuram V. Pucha
AU - Md A. Bhuiyan
AU - Kyriaki Kalaitzidou
TI - Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites
JO - Carbon Letters
PY - 2010
VL - 11
IS - 4
PB - Korean Carbon Society
SP - 325
EP - 331
SN - 1976-4251
AB - This study investigates the effect of filler content (wt%), presence of interphase and agglomerates on the effective Young’s modulus of polypropylene (PP) based nanocomposites reinforced with exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets (xGnPTM) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The Young’s modulus of the composites is determined using tensile testing based on ASTM D638. The reinforcement/polymer interphase is characterized in terms of width and mechanical properties using atomic force microscopy which is also used to investigate the presence and size of agglomerates. It is found that the interphase has an average width of ~ 30 nm and modulus in the range of 5 to 12 GPa. The Halpin-Tsai micromechanical model is modified to account for the effect of interphase and filler agglomerates and the model predictions for the effective modulus of the composites are compared to the experimental data. The presented results highlight the need of considering various experimentally observed filler characteristics such as agglomerate size and aspect ratio and presence and properties of interphase in the micromechanical models in order to develop better design tools to fabricate multifunctional polymer nanocomposites with engineered properties.
KW - Graphite nanoplatelet;Carbon nanotube;Polymer nanocomposites;Modulus
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Mehdi Karevan, Raghuram V. Pucha, Md A. Bhuiyan and Kyriaki Kalaitzidou. (2010). Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites. Carbon Letters, 11(4), 325-331.
Mehdi Karevan, Raghuram V. Pucha, Md A. Bhuiyan and Kyriaki Kalaitzidou. 2010, "Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites", Carbon Letters, vol.11, no.4 pp.325-331.
Mehdi Karevan, Raghuram V. Pucha, Md A. Bhuiyan, Kyriaki Kalaitzidou "Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites" Carbon Letters 11.4 pp.325-331 (2010) : 325.
Mehdi Karevan, Raghuram V. Pucha, Md A. Bhuiyan, Kyriaki Kalaitzidou. Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites. 2010; 11(4), 325-331.
Mehdi Karevan, Raghuram V. Pucha, Md A. Bhuiyan and Kyriaki Kalaitzidou. "Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites" Carbon Letters 11, no.4 (2010) : 325-331.
Mehdi Karevan; Raghuram V. Pucha; Md A. Bhuiyan; Kyriaki Kalaitzidou. Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites. Carbon Letters, 11(4), 325-331.
Mehdi Karevan; Raghuram V. Pucha; Md A. Bhuiyan; Kyriaki Kalaitzidou. Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites. Carbon Letters. 2010; 11(4) 325-331.
Mehdi Karevan, Raghuram V. Pucha, Md A. Bhuiyan, Kyriaki Kalaitzidou. Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites. 2010; 11(4), 325-331.
Mehdi Karevan, Raghuram V. Pucha, Md A. Bhuiyan and Kyriaki Kalaitzidou. "Effect of Interphase Modulus and Nanofiller Agglomeration on the Tensile Modulus of Graphite Nanoplatelets and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites" Carbon Letters 11, no.4 (2010) : 325-331.
