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COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 68, Issue 3-4, Pages 1042-1049Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.07.008
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poly(furfuryl alcohol) composite coating; multi-walled carbon nanotubes; functionalization; tribological properties
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The functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) was achieved by grafting furfuryl alcohol (FA) onto surfaces of the MWNTs. The functional MWNTs were examined by infrared spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Furthermore, the functional MWNTs were incorporated into the poly(furfuryl alcohol) (PFA) resin and the tribological behaviors of resultant PFA composite coatings were investigated using a ring-on-block wear tester under dry friction condition, and the worn surfaces were studied by scanning electron microscopy. The dispersion of MWNTs in PFA composites was examined using field emission scanning electron microscope. The results indicated that an esterification was formed in the acylating MWNTs and FA, and the functionalization led to an improvement in the dispersion of MWNTs and the tribological properties of PFA composite coatings. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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