Kosarli Maria, Polymerou Anastasia, Foteinidis Georgios, Vazouras Christos, Paipetis Alkiviadis S
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Telecommunications Laboratory, Sector of Combat Systems, Naval Operations, Electronics and Telecommunications, Hellenic Naval Academy, 18539 Piraeus, Greece.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Aug 17;13(16):2753. doi: 10.3390/polym13162753.
In this study, the effect of the addition of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), at three percentages, into the urea-formaldehyde (UF) shell-wall of microcapsules on the healing efficiency is reported. The modified shell-wall created a conductive network in semi-conductive epoxies, which led to an improvement of the electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE); utilizing the excellent electrical properties of the CNTs. The microcapsule's mean diameter and shell wall were examined via scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Thermal stability was evaluated via thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The healing efficiency was assessed in terms of fracture toughness, while the electrical properties were measured using impedance spectroscopy. The measurements of the EMI SE were carried out in the frequency range of 7-9 GHz. The derived results indicated that the incorporation of the CNTs resulted in a decrease in the mean size of the microcapsules, while the thermal stability remained unchanged. In particular, the introduction of 0.5% / CNTs did not affect the healing efficiency, while it increased the initial mechanical properties of the epoxy after the incorporation of the self-healing system by 27%. At the same time, it led to the formation of a conductive network, providing electrical conductivity to the epoxies. The experimental results showed that the SE increased on average 5 dB or more after introducing conductive microcapsules.
在本研究中,报告了向微胶囊的脲醛(UF)壳壁中添加三种百分比的多壁碳纳米管(MWCNT)对愈合效率的影响。改性壳壁在半导电环氧树脂中形成了导电网络,利用碳纳米管的优异电学性能,提高了电磁干扰屏蔽效能(EMI SE)。通过扫描电子显微镜(SEM)检查微胶囊的平均直径和壳壁。通过热重分析(TGA)评估热稳定性。根据断裂韧性评估愈合效率,同时使用阻抗谱测量电学性能。在7-9 GHz频率范围内进行EMI SE的测量。所得结果表明,碳纳米管的掺入导致微胶囊平均尺寸减小,而热稳定性保持不变。特别是,引入0.5%的碳纳米管不影响愈合效率,同时在引入自愈合体系后,环氧树脂的初始力学性能提高了27%。同时,它导致形成导电网络,为环氧树脂提供导电性。实验结果表明,引入导电微胶囊后,SE平均增加5 dB或更多。