Abstract
AbstractA new compatibilizer, poly(vinyl benzyloxy ethyl naphthalene)‐graft‐poly(methyl methacrylate), for poly(styrene‐co‐acrylonirile) (SAN)/multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) composites was synthesized. It has been identified that naphthalene unit in backbone of compatibilizer interacts with MWCNTs via ππ interaction and that the PMMA graft of the compatibilizer is miscible with the SAN matrix. When a small amount of compatibilizer was added to SAN/MWCNT composites, MWCNTs were more homogeneously dispersed in SAN matrix than the case without compatibilizer, indicating that the compatibilizer improves the compatibility between SAN and MWCNTs. As a consequence, mechanical and electrical properties of the composites with compatibilizer were largely improved as compared with those of composites without compatibilizer. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 4184–4191, 2010
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