Issue 6, 2010
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Polymer Chemistry

Microscopic and spectroscopic studies of thermally enhanced electrospun PMMA micro- and nanofibers

Sean Pelfrey,a   Travis Cantu,a   Michael R. Papantonakis,b   Duane L. Simonson,b   R. Andrew McGillb  and  Javier Macossay*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA
E-mail: jmacossay@utpa.edu
Fax: (+956) 384-5006
Tel: (+956) 381-3377

b Naval Research Laboratory Code 6365, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, USA

Abstract

Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) have been incorporated into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) through electrospinning. The resulting micro- and nanofibers have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), which confirmed fiber formation and demonstrated a core-sheath structure of the PMMA fibers. thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to obtain the thermal properties of the materials, indicating an enhancement in the thermal properties of the composite fibers. In addition, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was utilized to investigate the interactions of PMMA micro- and nanofibers with CNFs, demonstrating the preferred sites of intermolecular interactions between the polymer matrix and the filler.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0PY00012D
Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Jan 2010
Accepted
01 Mar 2010
First published
26 Mar 2010
This article is Open Access

Polym. Chem., 2010,1, 866-869

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Microscopic and spectroscopic studies of thermally enhanced electrospun PMMA micro- and nanofibers

S. Pelfrey, T. Cantu, M. R. Papantonakis, D. L. Simonson, R. A. McGill and J. Macossay, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 866 DOI: 10.1039/C0PY00012D

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