Boron nitride nanotube reinforced polyurethane composites

Luhua Li; Ying Chen; Zbigniew H. Stachurski

doi:10.1016/j.pnsc.2013.03.004

Boron nitride nanotube reinforced polyurethane composites

Luhua Li^*, Ying Chen, Zbigniew H. Stachurski

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Bulk-sized boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) reinforced polyurethane (PU) composites at different volume contents have been produced. A large quantity of BNNT fillers are synthesized by a boron ink method. Compared to the neat PU, the 0.5 vol% and 2.0 vol% BNNT reinforced composites show 38.2% and 6.3% increases in compressive modulus, respectively. The relatively less enhanced compressive modulus of the 2.0 vol% composite may be due to the agglomerations of nanotubes at high volume percentages. Contrary to normal behaviour, the composites show decreasing Rockwell (HRR) hardness values with an increasing volume fraction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	170-173
Number of pages	4
Journal	Progress in Natural Science: Materials International
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnsc.2013.03.004
Publication status	Published - Apr 2013

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