| 1. | Mayerberger E.A.♦, Urbanek O., McDaniel R.M.♦, Street R.M.♦, Barsoum M.W.♦, Schauer C.L.♦, Preparation and characterization of polymer-Ti3C2Tx(MXene) composite nanofibers produced via electrospinning, JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, ISSN: 0021-8995, DOI: 10.1002/app.45295, Vol.134, No.37, pp.45295-1-7, 2017 Abstract:MXene, a recently-discovered family of two-dimensional (2 D) transition metal carbides and/or nitrides, have attracted much interest because of their unique electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. In this study, poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), polyethylene oxide (PEO), poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), and alginate/PEO were electrospun with delaminated Ti3C2 (MXene) flakes. The effect of small additions of delaminated Ti3C2 (1% w/w) on the structure and properties of the nanofibers were investigated and compared with those of the neat polymer nanofibers using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Ti3C2 had an effect on the solution properties of the polymer and a greater effect on the average fiber diameter. The Ti3C2Tx/PEO solution exhibited the largest change in viscosity and conductivity with an 11% and 73.6% increase over the base polymer, respectively. X-ray diffractograms demonstrated a high degree of crystallization for Ti3C2/PEO and a slight decrease in crystallinity for Ti3C2/PVA. Keywords:composite nanofibers, electrospinning, MXene Affiliations:| Mayerberger E.A. | - | Drexel University (US) | | Urbanek O. | - | IPPT PAN | | McDaniel R.M. | - | Drexel University (US) | | Street R.M. | - | Drexel University (US) | | Barsoum M.W. | - | Drexel University (US) | | Schauer C.L. | - | Drexel University (US) |
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