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Polymer Composites with Oriented Magnetic Nanowires as Fillers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Li Sun  and
Kusuma Keshoju
Li Sun
Affiliation:
lsun4@uh.edu, University of Houston, Mechanical Engineering, N207 Engineering Bldg 1, Houston, TX, 77204-4006, United States, 713-743-4509
Kusuma Keshoju
Affiliation:
lsun4@uh.edu, University of Houston, Mechanical Engineering, N207 Engineering Bldg 1, Houston, TX, 77204-4006, United States, 713-743-4509
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Abstract

Metallic nickel nanowires with excellent physical properties have been introduced into polydimethylsiloxane matrix to form polymer nanocomposites. Nanowires were synthesized by template-assisted electrochemical deposition. By utilizing ferromagnetic nickel nanowires, small external magnetic field can be used to control their alignment and distribution during composite synthesis. Unlike dielectrophoresis, optical tweezers, and microfluidic flow control, magnetic manipulation provides a cost-effective, non-contact, and versatile approach to control nanostructured materials in fluids over a large area. Polydimethylsiloxane composites with nanowires arranged in longitudinal, transverse, and random orientations with respect to the applied load direction were studied. Tensile tests showed that the composites with longitudinal arrangement have higher elastic modulus and tensile strength than the other composite samples. Experimentally obtained elastic modulus values were compared with the prediction of classical Halpin-Tsai model. Metallic nickel nanowires with excellent physical properties have been introduced into polydimethylsiloxane matrix to form polymer nanocomposites. Nanowires were synthesized by template-assisted electrochemical deposition. By utilizing ferromagnetic nickel nanowires, small external magnetic field can be used to control their alignment and distribution during composite synthesis. Unlike dielectrophoresis, optical tweezers, and microfluidic flow control, magnetic manipulation provides a cost-effective, non-contact, and versatile approach to control nanostructured materials in fluids over a large area. Polydimethylsiloxane composites with nanowires arranged in longitudinal, transverse, and random orientations with respect to the applied load direction were studied. Tensile tests showed that the composites with longitudinal arrangement have higher elastic modulus and tensile strength than the other composite samples. Experimentally obtained elastic modulus values were compared with the prediction of classical Halpin-Tsai model.

Keywords

compositenanostructureelastic properties
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1058: Symposium JJ – Nanowires–Novel Assembly Concepts and Device Integration , 2007 , 1058-JJ06-26
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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