The effect of the dimensionality of metallic nanoparticle-and carbon nanotube-based fillers on the mechanical properties of an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) polymer matrix was examined. ABS composite films, reinforced with low dimensional metallic nanoparticles (MNPs, 0-D) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs, 1-D) as nanofillers, were fabricated by a combination of wet phase inversion and hot pr...

orientation on high field properties and energy storage V. Tomer, G. Polizos, C. A. Randall, and E. Manias Center of Dielectric Studies (CDS), Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, 260 MRL–University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA Polymer Nanostructrures Lab–Center for the Study of Polymeric Systems (CSPS), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylv...

The Nafion is a commonly used polyelectrolyte membrane (PEM) in fuel cells and flow batteries. Nanocomposites of are to enhance temperature resistance proton conductivity. molecular-dynamics simulation results reported for films different thicknesses confined between two potential walls variable wettability, mimicking the nanofiller surfaces. water cluster sizes show an increase with film thick...

In this work, polypropylene (PP) and graphene nanoplatelet (GNPs) composites are routed through twin screw mixing injection moulding. Two types of GNPs with a fixed size 25 µm surface areas ranging from 50–80 m2/g (H25, average thickness 15 nm) 120–150 (M25, 6–8 were blended PP at loading rates 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 weight%. Mechanical properties such as tensile, flexural, impact strengths Young’s modu...

The effect of cobalt nanoparticles stabilized by a polyethylene matrix on the physical-mechanical and thermal properties nanocomposites based low density was studied using X-ray phase (XRD) differential (DTA) analyzes. An improvement in strength deformation parameters, as well thermal-oxidative stability obtained revealed, which can be attributed to effects structural modification polymer matri...