Synthesis of polycaprolactone-polyimide-polycaprolactone triblock copolymers via a 2-step sequential copolymerization and their application as carbon nanotube dispersants

• Main Authors: Liu, Chengyin, Liu, Bo, Chan-Park, Mary B.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Carbon Nanotube Dispersants; Triblock Copolymers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80711; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45024
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Polyimides have attractive properties such as a strong interaction with 1D/2D carbon nanomaterials but their solubilities in common organic solvents are limited. We report a new synthesis route for triblock copolymers of polycaprolactone-polyimide-polycaprolactone (PCL-PI-PCL) via polycondensation f...