Механизм усиления полимерных нанокомпозитов, наполненных углеродными нанотрубками

Abstract

It is shown that the reinforcement degree of polymers by carbon nonaggregated nanotubes is comparable with the corresponding parameter for exfoliated layered silicates (organoclays). The influence of molecular characteristics, namely, the statistical flexibility of a chain, on the rein- forcement degree is much more stronger that it was assumed earlier. The main factor defining the reinforcement of nanocomposites is interfacial phenomena, i. e. the formation of interfacial regions.