Bhandavat, R.
, Kuhn, W.
, Mansfield, E.
, Lehman, J.
and Singh, G.
(2011),
Synthesis of Polymer-derived Ceramic Si(B)CN-Carbon Nanotube Composite by Microwave Induced Interfacial Polarization, Journal of Physical Chemistry C
(Accessed April 19, 2024)
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Synthesis of Polymer-derived Ceramic Si(B)CN-Carbon Nanotube Composite by Microwave Induced Interfacial Polarization
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Romil Bhandavat, William Kuhn, , , Gurpreet Singh
Abstract
We demonstrate synthesis of a polymer-derived ceramic (PDC)-multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite using microwave irradiation at 2.45 GHz. The process takes about 10 minutes of microwave irradiation for the polymer to ceramic conversion. The successful conversion of polymer coated carbon nanotubes to ceramic composite is chemically ascertained by Fourier transform-infrared and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and physically by thermogravimetric analysis and transmission electron microscopy characterization. Frequency dependent dielectric measurements in the S-Band (300 MHz to 3 GHz) were studied to quantify the extent of microwave-CNT interaction and the degree of selective heating available at the MWCNT-polymer interface. Experimentally obtained return loss of the incident microwaves in the specimen explains the reason for heat generation. The temperature dependent permittivity of the polar molecules further strengthens the argument of internal heat generation.Citation
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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Journals
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Created October 11, 2011, Updated October 12, 2021