title: Formation of an adherent polyacrylonitrile/carbon nanotubes composite film onto a polyacrylonitrile brush electrografted on copper.
abstract: An adherent polymer film based on a composite of polyacrylonitrile/multiwall carbon nanotubes (PAN/MWNTs) have been elaborated on a copper substrate. The first layer is an electrografted PAN brush on which of a subsequent layer of PAN/carbon nanotubes composite has been deposited by simple dipping from solution in dimethylformamide (DMF). MWNTs have been previously chemically functionalized with 3-cyanopropyltrichlorosilane to promote de-bundling and homogeneous dispersion of the carbon nanotubes in the composite.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie et d'Electrochimie des Surface, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, rue de Bruxelles 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vast
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rochez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Azoulay
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deniau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palacin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delhalle
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mekhalif
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000327:Adsorption; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties; D000267:Tissue Adhesions
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; C010504:polyacrylonitrile; D003300:Copper