TY - JOUR
T1 - ESR investigations on polyethylene-single wall carbon nanotube composites
AU - Chipara, Mircea
AU - Lozano, K.
AU - Wilkins, Richard
AU - Barrera, E. V.
AU - Pulikkathara, M. X.
AU - Penia-Para, Laura
AU - Chipara, Magdalena
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This work was supported by NSF Grant # DMR 0606224 (University of Texas pan American), NASA # NCC-01-0203 Grant and NCC-9-114 (Rice University), and US ARMY STTR #A2-1299 grant. The STTR #A2 1299 grant has been awarded to the Chemistry Department of Indiana University (Bloomington) and to PartTec Ltd.
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PY - 2008/2/1
Y1 - 2008/2/1
N2 - Electron spin resonance investigations on single wall carbon nanotubes dispersed in polyethylene are reported. Three resonance lines were observed; a wide line assigned to magnetic iron clusters (catalyst residues), a broad and intense line originating from uncoupled electrons delocalized over the conducting domains of carbon nanotubes (in interaction with the electronic spins assigned to magnetic impurities), and a faint line superimposed on the broad one, assigned to paramagnetic impurities. The temperature dependence of resonance line parameters (resonance line position, width, and double integral) in the range 150-450 K has been analyzed. It was observed that the parameters of the broad and narrow lines are sensitive to the glass and melting relaxations occurring within the polymeric matrix.
AB - Electron spin resonance investigations on single wall carbon nanotubes dispersed in polyethylene are reported. Three resonance lines were observed; a wide line assigned to magnetic iron clusters (catalyst residues), a broad and intense line originating from uncoupled electrons delocalized over the conducting domains of carbon nanotubes (in interaction with the electronic spins assigned to magnetic impurities), and a faint line superimposed on the broad one, assigned to paramagnetic impurities. The temperature dependence of resonance line parameters (resonance line position, width, and double integral) in the range 150-450 K has been analyzed. It was observed that the parameters of the broad and narrow lines are sensitive to the glass and melting relaxations occurring within the polymeric matrix.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10853-007-2264-8
DO - 10.1007/s10853-007-2264-8
M3 - Article
VL - 43
SP - 1228
EP - 1233
JO - Journal of Materials Science
JF - Journal of Materials Science
SN - 0022-2461
IS - 4
ER -