Enhanced mechanical properties of olefin block copolymer by adding a quaternary ammonium salt functionalized graphene oxide
As a promising substitute for traditional thermoplastic elastomers, olefin block copolymers (OBCs) exhibit a marvelous application potential in many fields. To further improve the mechanical properties of OBCs, in this paper, quaternary ammonium salt cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) was firstl...
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Veröffentlicht in: | RSC advances 2016-01, Vol.6 (6), p.54785-54792 |
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Zusammenfassung: | As a promising substitute for traditional thermoplastic elastomers, olefin block copolymers (OBCs) exhibit a marvelous application potential in many fields. To further improve the mechanical properties of OBCs, in this paper, quaternary ammonium salt cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) was firstly introduced as a modifier for the non-covalent functionalization of graphene oxide (GO), then the modified GO (CTAB-GO) was used as a reinforcing agent for OBCs. With the incorporation of CTAB, a fine dispersion of GO in organic solvent and later in the OBC matrix have been achieved. As a result, the mechanical performance is largely improved,
e.g.
, the increases of tensile strength, elongation at break and Young's modulus are 30%, 13% and 78%, respectively, with 1.0 wt% CTAB-GO incorporation. It is also observed that CTAB-GO exhibits a stronger nucleation ability on crystallization of OBC than pristine GO, which leads to a higher crystallization temperature and smaller size of crystals.
Large mechanical properties enhancement of OBC
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blending with chemical modification CTAB-GO. |
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ISSN: | 2046-2069 2046-2069 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c6ra11451b |