Abstract
Polyhydroxyamide (PHA) was synthesized by low-temperature solution polymer- ization of 3,3'-dihydroxybenzidine and terephthaloyl chloride. Then, pure PHA and PHA nanocomposite fibers, including multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT), were prepared by a wet-spinning process. The structural characteristics, thermal properties, and mechani- cal performances, such as tensile strength, initial modulus, and compressive strength, of the PHA fibers were investigated using FT-IR, TGA, and a tensile testing machine. The TGA results show that the PHA fiber has excellent thermal stability at high temperatures and can undergo thermal cyclization to yield PBO fiber. The tensile mechanical properties of PHA nanocomposite fibers were better than those of pure PHA fiber, and they were improved on increasing the MWNT content. The highly improved mechanical properties of the nanocomposite fibers are thought to be related to the strong interfacial interactions between the PHA matrix and MWNT.
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