Network structural hardening of polypropylene matrix using hybrid of 0D, 1D and 2D carbon-ceramic nanoparticles with enhanced mechanical and thermomechanical properties

Abstract Various dimensional structured inorganic nanoparticles have different ways of improving mechanical properties polymeric materials. However, there are limited studies on hybridization with structures for optimal enhancement polymer matrix. Therefore, this study combined 0D (barium titanate [BT]), 1D (carbon nanotubes [C]), and 2D (graphene [G] boron nitride [BN]) to significantly promote the hardness, elastic modulus, tensile strength/modulus, heat deflection Vicat softening temperature polypropylene (PP) nanocomposites. The were surface functionalized take care good interfacial interaction PP nanocomposites fabricated via melt compounding techniques. Although all developed showed enhanced thermomechanical properties, ones containing hybrid carbon ceramic superior responses. For instance, about 269.5 MPa, 2.9 GPa, 100.7 °C, 160 °C measured PP/3 wt%BNG/3 wt%BTC nanocomposite, which 239.4%, 77.7%, 19 11 higher than that pure PP, respectively. significant in is attributed effective interlocking network structural hardening