Abstract:
A nanocomposite of well dispersed carbon nanotube (CNT) in acrylonitrile?butadiene?
styrene (ABS) matrix was prepared by solution processing. CNT dispersibility in four different
solvents was studied experimentally and theoretically and the best solvent was selected to
prepare the nanocomposite. The nanocomposite morphology was examined by
transmission electron microscopy and optical microscopy to determine the nanotube level of
dispersion and the location of CNT in the ABS matrix. Solubility parameter concept was ...