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Effects of multiwall carbon nanotubes on viscoelastic properties of magnetorheological elastomers

Aziz, S. A. A. and Mazlan, S. A. and Ismail, N. I. N. and Ubaidillah, U. and Choi, S. B. and Khairi, M. H. A. and Yunus, N. A. (2016) Effects of multiwall carbon nanotubes on viscoelastic properties of magnetorheological elastomers. Smart Materials and Structures, 25 (7). ISSN 0964-1726

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Abstract

The effect of different types of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on the morphological, magnetic and viscoelastic properties of magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are studied in this work. A series of natural rubber MRE are prepared by adding MWCNTs as a new additive in MRE. Effects of functionalized MWCNT namely carboxylated MWCNT (COOH-MWCNT) and hydroxylated MWCNT (OH-MWCNT) on the rheological properties of MREs are investigated and the pristine MWCNTs is referred as a control. Epoxidised palm oil (EPO) is used as a medium to disperse carbonyl iron particle (CIP) and sonicate the MWCNTs. Morphological and magnetic properties of MREs are characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), respectively. Rheological properties under different magnetic field are evaluated by using parallel plate rheometer. From the results obtained, FESEM images indicate that COOH-MWCNT and CIP have better compatibility which leads to the formation of interconnected network in the matrix. In addition, by adding functionalized COOH-MWCNT, it is shown that the saturation magnetization is 5% higher than the pristine MWCNTs. It is also found that with the addition of COOH-MWCNT, the magnetic properties are improved parallel with enhancement of MR effect particularly at low strain amplitude. It is finally shown that the use of EPO also can contribute to the enhancement of MR performance.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Carbon, Carbon nanotubes, Elastomers, Field emission microscopes, Magnetic properties, Magnetism, Nanotubes, Oil shale, Palm oil, Plastics, Rheology, Rubber, Saturation magnetization, Scanning electron microscopy, Viscoelasticity, Yarn, Carbonyl iron particles, Different-magnetic fields, Field emission scanning electron microscopy, Interconnected network, Magneto-rheological elastomers, Parallel plate rheometers, Vibrating sample magnetometer, Viscoelastic properties, Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCN)
Subjects:T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology
ID Code:71604
Deposited By: Widya Wahid
Deposited On:20 Nov 2017 08:28
Last Modified:20 Nov 2017 08:28

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