Gradient Foaming of Polycarbonate/carbon nanotube based Nanocomposites with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and their EMI Shielding Performances

Monnereau, Laure;Urbanczyk, Laetitia;Thomassin, Jean-Michel;Pardoen, Thomas;Detrembleur, Christophe;et.al.
(2015) Polymer — Vol. 59, p. 117-123 (2015)

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  • Monnereau, LaureUliège
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  • Urbanczyk, LaetitiaUliège
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  • Thomassin, Jean-MichelUliège
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  • Bailly, Christianorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Detrembleur, ChristopheUliège
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Abstract
Sorption and diffusion of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) into polycarbonate (PC) nanocomposites loaded with 0, 1 and 2 wt% of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) have been investigated. After determination of the saturation equilibrium, the samples have been saturated with scCO2 to ensure a partial foaming with a density gradient from the surface to the center of the samples and the morphology of the porous materials has been analysed by SEM. The gradient materials were very advantageous for EMI shielding since the foamed structure at the surface had low dielectric constant and limited the reflection of the EM signal while the presence of highly conductive solid in the middle ensured a high absorption of the electromagnetic radiation.
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Monnereau, L., Urbanczyk, L., Thomassin, J.-M., Pardoen, T., Bailly, C., Huynen, I., Jérôme, C., & Detrembleur, C. (2015). Gradient Foaming of Polycarbonate/carbon nanotube based Nanocomposites with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and their EMI Shielding Performances. Polymer, 59, 117-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2014.11.063 (Original work published 2015)