Strength Properties of Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Fibres Modified with Carbon Nanotubes with Respect to Their Porous and Supramolecular Structure
Research and development
Authors:
- Mikołajczyk Teresa
Department of Man-Made Fibres, Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design, Technical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland - Rabiej Stanislaw
Institute of Textile Engineering and Polymer Materials, Faculty of Materials and Environment Science, University of Bielsko-Biala, Bielsko-Biała, Poland - Szparaga Grzegorz
Department of Man-Made Fibres, Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design, Technical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland - Boguń Maciej (j/w)
- Fraczek-Szczypta Aneta
Department of Biomaterials, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Ceramics, AGH – University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland - Błażewicz Stanisław (j/w)
 Full text | Abstract: This work was dedicated to the investigation of the influence of the effect of carbon nanotubes on the porous and supramolecular structure of precursor polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibres. A relationship was found between the structure of the fibers produced in a two-stage and three-stage drawing process and the strength properties of those fibres. The structural parameters and properties of PAN fibres modified with carbon nanotubes were compared with corresponding values for the fibres without nanoadditives. It was found that the introduction of carbon nanotubes into the material of PAN fibres increases their deformability at successive stages of drawing to a degree depending on the type of nanotube. This was the main reason for their higher strength properties in comparison with the fibres without a nanoadditive. |
Tags: carbon nanotubes, nanocomposites, fibres, porous structure, WAXS.
Citation: Mikolajczyk T., Rabiej S., Szparaga G., Boguń M., Fraczek-Szczypta A., Błażewicz S.; Strength Properties of Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) Fibres Modified with Carbon Nanotubes with Respect to Their Porous and Supramolecular Structure. FIBRES & TEXTILES in Eastern Europe 2009, Vol. 17, No. 6 (77) pp. 13-20.