Grafting Halloysite Nanotubes with Amino or Carboxyl Groups onto Carbon Fiber Surface for Excellent Interfacial Properties of Silicone Resin Composites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of HNT–NH2 and HNT–COOH
2.3. Functionalization of HNTs onto CFs Surface
2.3.1. Fiber Desizing, Oxidation, Reduction and Acyl Chloride Modification
2.3.2. Separate Grafting of HNT–NH2 and HNT–COOH onto CFs via Chemical Bonds
2.4. Preparation of CF/MPSR Composites
2.5. Characterization Techniques
3. Results
3.1. Surface Composition and Groups of Functionalized HNTs and CFs
3.2. Surface Microstructures of CFs
3.3. Surface Wettability Analysis of CFs
3.4. Interfacial Property Testing of Composites
3.5. Hydrothermal Aging Resistance Testing of Composites
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Contact Angles (°) | Surface Energy (mN·m−1) | |||
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θwater | θdiiodomethane | γd | γp | γ | |
Untreated CF | 78.50 | 58.90 | 29.21 | 6.66 | 35.87 |
CF–HNT–NH2 | 44.28 | 40.06 | 21.46 | 39.58 | 61.04 |
CF–HNT–COOH | 42.95 | 38.77 | 21.91 | 40.22 | 62.13 |
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Zhang, X.; Wu, G. Grafting Halloysite Nanotubes with Amino or Carboxyl Groups onto Carbon Fiber Surface for Excellent Interfacial Properties of Silicone Resin Composites. Polymers 2018, 10, 1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10101171
Zhang X, Wu G. Grafting Halloysite Nanotubes with Amino or Carboxyl Groups onto Carbon Fiber Surface for Excellent Interfacial Properties of Silicone Resin Composites. Polymers. 2018; 10(10):1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10101171
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Xiandong, and Guangshun Wu. 2018. "Grafting Halloysite Nanotubes with Amino or Carboxyl Groups onto Carbon Fiber Surface for Excellent Interfacial Properties of Silicone Resin Composites" Polymers 10, no. 10: 1171. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10101171