A new method of amidation of Carboxy Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT-COOH) with diamine monomer such as ethylene diamine (EDA) and O-Phenylenediamine (OPDA) was applied by using a solution blending technique. | New strategy for chemically attachment of Amide group on Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes surfaces synthesis characterization and study of DC electrical conductivity Current Chemistry Letters 7 2018 17 26 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Current Chemistry Letters homepage New strategy for chemically attachment of Amide group on Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes surfaces synthesis characterization and study of DC electrical conductivity Abeer Obeida Omar Al-Shuja ab Yousuf El-Shekeilc Salem Aqeelb d Mohd Sapuan Salite f and Zinab Al-Washalib a Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Sana a University Sana a Yemen b Department of Chemistry Faculty of Applied Science Thamar University Yemen c Mechanical Engineering Department College of Engineering Yanbu Taibah University KSA d Department of Chemistry Oakland University Rochester Michigan 48309 United States e Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang Selangor Malaysia f Laboratory of Bio-Composite Technology Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang Selangor Malaysia CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history A new method of amidation of Carboxy Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes MWCNT-COOH Received November 14 2016 with diamine monomer such as ethylene diamine EDA and O-Phenylenediamine OPDA Received in revised form was applied by using a solution blending technique. The structure and properties of these June 20 2017 composites have been investigated by FTIR SEM TEM XRD UV DSC and TGA. The Accepted July 4 2017 formation of Poly MWCNT Amide composites was confirmed and the DC electrical Available online conductivity of poly-composites was in the range 10-6 S cm due to the interaction July 5 2017 between the nanotubes. Keywords MWCNT-COOH Polymer nanocomposites Functionalization Solution blending Polyamide 2018 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction The applications of
