Effect of networked hybridized nanoparticle reinforcement on the thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of natural rubber composites.

ABSTRACT: Thermal conductivity of natural rubber (NR) was enhanced by incorporating novel conductive hybrid nanofillers, namely polyaniline grafted carbon black (PANI/CB) nanoparticles and carbon black nanoparticles linked with carbon microfiber (CF/CB) composites. The PANI/CB hybrid fillers were synthesized using an in situ method, where aniline monomers were initially adsorbed onto carbon black spherical domains and, afterwards, it was polymerized in the presence of an oxidizer. Final rubber composites were prepared through melt mixing, where PANI/CB and CF/CB filler loading was kept at 40 parts per hundred of rubber (phr). The thermal conductivity values of the rubber composites with CF/CB (20 : 20) and PANI/CB (20 : 20) yield were 0.45 W m^-1 K^-1 and 0.31 W m^-1</

SUBMITTER: Jayasinghe JMARB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9059547 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature