Novel polymer nanocomposites from bioinspired green aqueous functionalization of BNNTs

• Main Authors: Thakur, Vijay Kumar, Yan, Jian, Lin, Meng-Fang, Zhi, Chunyi, Golberg, Dmitri, Bando, Yoshio, Sim, Raymond, Lee, Pooi See
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106435; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16632
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are excellent nanofillers to enhance the mechanical and thermal properties of polymer nanocomposites. Despite the rapid progress in the effective syntheses of BNNTs, the ease of processability and solubility are major roadblocks for their widespread applications. The...