Novel microwave processing of carbon nanotube/thermoplastic composites

碳纳米管/热塑性复合材料的新型微波加工

• 批准号: LP160101361
• 负责人: Prof John Zhu
• 金额: $ 21.7万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-07-14 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP160101361
• 关键词: Novel; microwave; processing; carbon; nanotube

This project aims to develop a novel fabrication process for carbon nano-tube (CNT) / thermoplastic composites. The method, with lab based ‘proof of concept’, uses microwaves and overcomes problems of dispersion and aggregation of CNTs, which limit properties of the nano-composites. At lab scale, a 50 per cent increase in stiffness of polypropylene and an increase in electrical conductivity with the addition of 0.5 weight percent CNT has been demonstrated. This project should unravel mechanisms by which these outstanding property improvements are achieved and will scale up the process to industrial level. Expected outcomes will be economical, lighter and stronger plastics for manufacturing applications such as rotational molding, transport and electronic packaging.

该项目旨在开发用于碳纳米管（CNT） /热塑性组合物的新型制造过程。该方法具有基于实验室的“概念证明”，使用微波和克服CNT的分散和聚集的问题，从而限制了纳米复合材料的特性。在实验室尺度上，已经证明了聚丙烯的刚度增加50％，并且已经证明了0.5重量百分比CNT的电导率增加。项目应拆除这些出色的财产改进的机制，并将流程扩展到工业层面。对于旋转成型，运输和电子包装等制造应用，预期的结果将是经济，更轻，更强的塑料。