Research Article
Morphology and Properties of Aminosilane Grafted MWCNT/Polyimide Nanocomposites
Table 7
Young's modulus of MWCNT/polyimide composites.
| | MWCNT content | Young's modulus of unmodified
MWCNT/PI, GPa | Young's modulus of acid-modified
MWCNT/PI, GPa | Young's modulus of APTES-MWCNT-1/PI, GPa | Young's modulus of APTES-MWCNT-2/PI, GPa | Young's modulus of APTES-MWCNT-3/PI, GPa |
| | 0 | 2.34 ± 0.12 | 2.34 ± 0.12 | 2.34 ± 0.12 | 2.34 ± 0.12 | 2.34 ± 0.12 | | 0.5 | 2.41 ± 0.29 | 3.08 ± 0.23 | 3.71 ± 0.24 | 3.95 ± 0.25 | 3.45 ± 0.18 | | 1.0 | 2.52 ± 0.12 | 3.20 ± 0.25 | 3.81 ± 0.19 | 4.04 ± 0.22 | 3.52 ± 0.21 | | 2.4 | 3.05 ± 0.12 | 3.68 ± 0.11 | 3.75 ± 0.25 | 3.74 ± 0.22 | 3.48 ± 0.28 | | 4.8 | 3.15 ± 0.18 | 3.60 ± 0.25 | 3.49 ± 0.18 | 3.62 ± 0.12 | 3.48 ± 0.30 | | 7.0 | 3.19 ± 0.15 | 3.66 ± 0.29 | 3.54 ± 0.19 | 3.17 ± 0.21 | Too brittle |
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