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Interfacial Characterization of Mineralized Carbon Nanotubes

광물화된 탄소나노튜브 첨가재의 계면 특성화

  • Park, Chanwook (Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jung, Jiwon (Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yun, Gunjin (Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2018.07.31
  • Accepted : 2018.10.13
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we explore interfacial properties of the mineralized CNTs when they are employed as reinforcing fillers in a polymer nanocomposite using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Recently, several studies on mineralizing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with an aid of nitrogen doping to CNTs have been reported. However, there is a lack of studies on the reinforcing effects of the mineralized CNTs when it is employed as a filler of nanocomposites. Silica ($SiO_2$) is used as a mineral material and poly (methyl metacrylate) (PMMA) is used as a polymer matrix. Pull-out simulations are conducted to obtain the interfacial energy and the interfacial shear stress. It was found that the silica mineralized CNTs have higher interfacial interaction with the polymer matrix. In the future, by examining various thermomechanical properties of the mineralized-CNT-filler/polymer nanocomposites, we will search for potential applications of the novel reinforcing filler.

본 연구는 광물화된 탄소나노튜브를 고분자 기지재료의 강화재로 사용할 때, 계면 결합력이 기존 탄소나노튜브 강화재에 비해 어떤 차이를 보이는지 분자동역학 시뮬레이션을 통해 탐구한다. 최근 탄소나노튜브에 질소를 도핑한 후 표면을 광물화 하는 실험 연구가 보고되고 있다. 하지만 복합재료의 강화제로 첨가되었을 때 보일 수 있는 물성 증가 현상에 대한 연구는 아직 부족하다. 광물질로는 실리카($SiO_2$)를 사용했고 고분자 기지재료로는 열 가소성 수지인 poly(methyl metacrylate) (PMMA)를 사용했다. 계면 결합력과 계면 전단 응력을 계산하기 위해 강화재를 기지재료로부터 빼내는 pull-out 시뮬레이션이 진행되었다. 계산 결과, 실리카 광물화된 탄소나노튜브가 고분자 기지재료와 향상된 계면 상호작용을 가지는 것으로 조사되었다. 본 연구진은 향후 광물화된 탄소나노튜브 강화재가 첨가된 나노 복합재료의 열 기계적 물성을 분석하여 다양한 분야에서의 활용 가능성을 제시할 계획이다.

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