Formation of an adherent polyacrylonitrile/carbon nanotubes composite film onto a polyacrylonitrile brush electrografted on copper

Laurence Vast (1) , Olivier Rochez (1) , Laurent Azoulay (2) , Antonio Fonseca (1) , Janos B. Nagy (1) , Guy Deniau (2) , Serge Palacin (2) , Joseph Delhalle (1) , Zineb Mekhalif (1)

1 FUNDP - Laboratoire de Chimie et d'Electrochimie des Surfaces
2 LCSI - Laboratoire de Chimie des Surfaces et Interfaces

An adherent polymer film based on a composite of polyacrylonitrile/multiwall carbon nanotubes (PAN/MWNTs) have been elaborated on a copper substrate. The first layer is an electrografted PAN brush on which of a subsequent layer of PAN/carbon nanotubes composite has been deposited by simple dipping from solution in dimethylformamide (DMF). MWNTs have been previously chemically functionalized with 3-cyanopropyltrichlorosilane to promote de-bundling and homogeneous dispersion of the carbon nanotubes in the composite.

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Material chemistry

Laurence Vast, Olivier Rochez, Laurent Azoulay, Antonio Fonseca, Janos B. Nagy, et al.. Formation of an adherent polyacrylonitrile/carbon nanotubes composite film onto a polyacrylonitrile brush electrografted on copper. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2007, 7, pp.3404-3410. ⟨10.1166/jnn.2007.826⟩. ⟨cea-01056607⟩