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Chinese Journal of Materials Research  2014, Vol. 28 Issue (5): 380-386    DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2013.668
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Double PTC Effect of Carbon Nanotubes Filled Immiscible Polymer Blends
Chang LU(),Dian YANG,Rui WANG,Jichun LIU,Yuqing ZHANG
Key Lab of Polymer Science and Nanotechnology, Chemical Engineering &Pharmaceutics School, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003
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Chang LU,Dian YANG,Rui WANG,Jichun LIU,Yuqing ZHANG. Double PTC Effect of Carbon Nanotubes Filled Immiscible Polymer Blends. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2014, 28(5): 380-386.

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Abstract  

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) modified CNTs (SMA- CNTs) were blended with an immiscible system polystyrene/nylon6 (PS/PA6) to prepare conductive polymer composites PS/PA6/CNTs and PS/PA6/SMA-CNTs respectively. The PTC (positive temperature coefficient) effect of the composites was investigated. For PS/PA6/CNTs composites, CNTs were selectively distributed in PA6 phase; the percolation threshold was 5% (mass fraction) and a weak PTC effect was observed. For PS/PA6/SMA-CNTs composites, TEM results showed that CNTs were distributed both at the PS/PA6 interface and in PA6 phase due to the induced effect of SMA on CNTs. As a consequence, the percolation threshold decreased to 0.112%. Meanwhile, an especial double PTC effect was observed. The PTC effect was affected by the morphology of PS/PA6 blends. The emerge of PTC effect of the composites with dispersed PA6 phase was attributed to the glass transition of PS phase and the melt of PA6 phase. However, for blends with PS as disperse phase and PS/PA6 as bicontinuous phases, the emerge of PTC effect was due to the melt of PA6 phase.

Key words:  composites      conductive polymer composites      carbon nanotubes      morphology      percolation threshold      positive temperature coefficient     
Received:  16 September 2013     
Fund: *Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 51003024 and the Foundation for University Young Key Teacher by Henan Province of China.

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Fig.1  OM image of 5% CNTs filled PS/PA6 (40/60) blend
Fig.2  Solutions obtained by etching 5% CNTs-filled PS/PA6 (40/60) blends with different solvents, (a) formic acid, (b) dimethylbenzene
Fig.3  HRTEM images of CNTs (a) and CNTs modified with SMA (b)
Fig.4  TEM image of 6% SMA-CNTs filled PS/PA6 (40/60) composites
Fig.5  Effect of CNTs loading on the room-temperature resistivity of composites
Fig.6  SEM images of 6% SMA/CNTs filled PS/PA6 at various PA6 contents, (a) 20%, (b) 60%, (c) 80%
Fig.7  Schematic morphologies of PS/PA6/SMA-CNTs at various PA6 contents, (a) 20%, (b) 60%, (c) 80%
Fig.8  Temperature-resistivity curves of PS/PA6/CNTs and PS/PA6/SMA-CNTs
Fig.9  DSC curves of PS and PA6
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