Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-20-2017
Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Abstract
Mussel-inspired approach was attempted to non-covalently functionalize the surfaces of boron nitride (BN) with self-polymerized dopamine coatings in order to reduce the interfacial thermal barrier and enhance the thermal conductivity of BN-containing composites. Compared to the polypropylene (PP) composites filled with pristine BN at the same filler content, thermal conductivity was much higher for those filled with both functionalized BN (f-BN) and maleic anhydride grafted PP (PP-g-ma) due to the improved filler dispersion and better interfacial filler-matrix compatibility, which facilitated the development of more thermal paths. Theoretical models were also applied to predict the composite thermal conductivity in which the Nielsen model was found to fit well with the experimental results, and the estimated effective aspect ratio of fillers well corresponded to the degree of filler aggregation as observed in the morphological study.
Publication Title
PLoS ONE
Volume
12
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
16
Recommended Citation
Chen, L.,
Xu, H.,
He, S.,
Du, Y.,
Yu, N.,
Lin, J.,
Nazarenko, S. I.
(2017). Thermal Conductivity Performance of Polypropylene Composites Filled with Polydopamine-Functionalized Hexagonal Boron Nitride. PLoS ONE, 12(1), 1-16.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/16268