Journal article
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Induced Orthogonal Growth of Polyethylene Single Crystals at a Curved Liquid/Liquid Interface
ACS macro letters, v 3(2), pp 175-179
01 Feb 2014
PMID: 35590500
Abstract
We report herein single-walled carbon nanotube-induced polyethylene crystallization at the curved liquid/liquid interface. A Pickering emulsion system comprised of polyethylene (PE)/single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)/1,2-dichlorobenzene (DCB)/water is formed using probe sonication at an elevated temperature. SWCNTs are used as the Pickering agents, and they are bent into nanosized rings by the curved DCB/water interface. Upon cooling, PE crystallizes onto SWCNTs, forming kebab single crystals, and the PE lamellae are orthogonal to the DCB/water interface. The unique structure resembles nanohybrid shish kebab (NHSK) rings.
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- Title
- Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Induced Orthogonal Growth of Polyethylene Single Crystals at a Curved Liquid/Liquid Interface
- Creators
- Wenda Wang - Drexel UniversityChristopher Y. Li - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- ACS macro letters, v 3(2), pp 175-179
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society; Washington, DC
- Number of pages
- 5
- Grant note
- DMR-1308958 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) 1308958 / Division Of Materials Research; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000331774200012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84894230705
- Other Identifier
- 991019168195204721
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