Improvement in thermal durability of fluorinated rubber by the addition of single-walled carbon nanotubes as a thermally stable radical scavenger

Preparation of high‐performance carbon nanotube/polyamide composite materials by elastic high‐shear kneading and improvement of properties by induction heating treatment

“…Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the development of methods for their mass production, 1,2 extensive studies have been performed on the potential use of CNTs as reinforcing fillers for composite materials, which would take advantage of their excellent properties. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] However, there have been few successful applications of CNTs to composite materials, most likely because it is difficult to defibrate CNT aggregates and to fabricate composite materials that take advantage of the excellent performance of CNTs as a filler. 4 We previously succeeded in producing a high-performance composite material in which the CNT aggregates were defibrated by an elastic high-shear kneading method by adjusting the rubber elasticity and the kneading conditions in a device.…”

“…Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the development of methods for their mass production, 1,2 extensive studies have been performed on the potential use of CNTs as reinforcing fillers for composite materials, which would take advantage of their excellent properties 3–15 . However, there have been few successful applications of CNTs to composite materials, most likely because it is difficult to defibrate CNT aggregates and to fabricate composite materials that take advantage of the excellent performance of CNTs as a filler 4 .…”

Radical scavenging activity of carbon nanotubes: toward appropriate selection of a radical initiator

“…7 In some recent research, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have turned out to improve the thermal stability of their polymer composite materials. These phenomena presumably be derived from radical scavenging activities of CNTs, [8][9][10] and some of research exploiting density functional theory calculation supports that single-walled carbon nanotubes can spontaneously react with radicals. 11 In addition to the excellent properties such as high mechanical strength, electrical and thermal conductivities, these radical scavenging activities will enhance the versatility of CNTs.…”

Silica- and diatomite-modified fluorine rubber nanocomposites

“…With the wider application of fluorine rubber products, people's demand for fluorine rubber products is growing more and more, but the mechanical properties of pure fluorine rubber are poor. To solve this problem, fillers, such as carbon black and silica, were used to improve the mechanical properties of fluorine rubber [1], but the carbon black causes industrial pollution during the production process and the reinforced effect of silica was not ideal. In view of this problem, attempts were made to find a natural non-polluting material [2] to improve the properties of fluorine rubber.…”