Electrically conductive PTT-block-PTMO/SWCNTs+Graphene Nanoplatelets hybrid nanocomposites prepared by in situ polymerization

Hybrid Materials 2015; Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 9 - 13 March 2015The studies were financed by the National Science Centre within project PRELUDE no 2013/11/N/ST8/00404.Peer Reviewe

Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of nanocomposites based on PVDF and expended graphite

2nd International Conference on Structural Nano Composites (NANOSTRUC 2014); 6 pags.; 4 figs.; Open Access funded by Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence.Nanocomposites based on poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and expanded graphite (EG) were prepared by non-solvent precipitation from solution with different EG concentrations. Films were obtained by compression molding and their structural and dielectric properties studied. From Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS) experiments, it can be assessed that for all EG concentrations the -crystalline phase of PVDF is the predominant crystalline form. However, for composites with high nanoadditive content, higher than 3 wt.%, the -crystalline phase is also detected. Dielectric spectroscopy results showed that the nanocomposites present both high dielectric constant and electrical conductivity at low percolation threshold. Published under licence by IOP Publishing LtdThe authors thank the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), Grant MAT2012-33517 and from the Polish National Science Centre and the Slovak Academy of Sciences in the frame of ERA-NET project APGRAPHEL.Peer Reviewe

Temperature dependence of the FMR absorption lines in viscoelastic magnetic materials

The magnetic properties of the viscoelastic materials filled with magnetic nanoparticles strongly depend on the viscosity of these materials. The time-temperature changes of the viscosity can affect the orientation ordering of the anisotropy axes of the magnetic nanoparticles after an external magnetic field is applied. In consequence, the absorption lines obtained in the ferromagnetic resonance experiment (FMR) will possess an additional temperature dependence through the viscosity of the materials under consideration. The particular case of the temperature dependence of the FMR signal detected from the γ-Fe2O3 (maghemite) magnetic nanoparticles dispersed at low concentration (0.1 wt.%) in a poly(ether-ester) multiblock copolymer (PEN-block-PTMO)) matrix has been investigated. A strong increase of the resonance line amplitude is observed with increasing temperature. We note also two qualitatively different temperature dependences of the magnetic resonance field at low and high temperatures. A simplified theoretical model of a single cluster consisting of N magnetic nanoparticles in an elastic polymer matrix is introduced to explain these temperature dependences of the absorption lines. The model is based on the stochastic version of the Lifshitz-Landau equation for nanoparticle magnetization. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

The phase structure and relaxation phenomena in blends of a poly(ether-ester) elastomer with a liquid crystalline polyester (Vectra)

Poly(ether-ester) (PEE) Elitel 4450 - liquid crystalline polyester (LCP) Vectra RD 501 blends extruded (L/D = 20, D = 19mm) with a homogenizing head at 225degreesC, were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamical mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), dielectric spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The blends exhibited a multiphase microstructure. Two mechanical relaxation temperatures were found to occur, and similarly two glass transition temperatures were recorded by DSC. There is a glass transition in the PTMO soft phase (ca. - 60degreesC) and in Vectra (+ 107degreesC). For the PBT hard phase (ca. +35degreesC), T-g2, is weakly pronounced because of the high crystallinity. The blend showed only one m.p., close to the m.p. of the PEE. Three dielectric relaxation processes were found to occur in PEE and three others in Vectra. In the blends, the dielectric spectra are seen to be superimposed. These blends are immiscible in terms of thermodynamics. Vectra modified the molecular mobility of the PEE rigid segments, as evident from nonisothermal crystallization of the PBT hard phase and degree of crystallinity as also from changes of the PTMO content in the soft phase. SEM disclosed either a spherical or a fibrous structure in the blends, depending on Vectra content