Production of carbon nanotubes as composite material modifiers using nanotechnology

Abstract

Modern trends in composite materials science are associated with nanotubes having a carbon framework structure. The aim of this article is to develop and produce new composite materials using nanoparticles with increased characteristics, including radiation absorption with the possibility of their use in design schemes of various kinds of industry. The structure of nanotubes is determined by synthesis methods. Moreover, the CNTs characteristics are determined by the methods of transmission microscopy. In particular, the analysis of the profile of the X-ray spectral lines was carried out using a mixed Gaussian-Lorentzian distribution function. The multilayer CNTs were obtained by the method of catalytic decomposition of propylene. As a result, the improvement of physical and mechanical characteristics by 30–40% is achieved. Thus, the efficiency of introducing carbon nanotubes into the polymer matrix to improve the physicochemical, physical-mechanical, and operational characteristics of composite nano-polymer materials is proved. Finally, it is shown that functionalized carbon-containing nanoparticles could be used as modifiers to regulate the process of curing and elastification of epoxy substances when creating polymer composite materials for structural purposes.