S.K. Samanta et al. have reported the rheological properties of boron nitride
nanotubes (BNNTs) filled gel nanocomposites which indicates that the flow properties of the resulting materials become resistant to applied stress upon incorporation of even a very low wt% of BNNTs. They have prepared gel nanocomposites
using a gelator which is made up of all-trans tri-(p-phenylenevinylene) bis
(aldoxime) (TPV, 1) which is capable of forming a physical gel in aromatic
hydrocarbons such as toluene (Fig. 8a). A transparent solution of 1 (10 mg/mL)
Fig. 7 Tan δ vs. temperature plots of epoxy/m-HNTs nanocomposites (reproduced with permission of Springer, M. Liu et al., Journal of Polymer Research [25])
Fig. 6 Storage modulus vs. temperature plots of the epoxy/m-HNTs nanocomposites (reproduced
with permission of Springer, M. Liu et al., Journal of Polymer Research [25])
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nanotubes (BNNTs) filled gel nanocomposites which indicates that the flow properties of the resulting materials become resistant to applied stress upon incorporation of even a very low wt% of BNNTs. They have prepared gel nanocomposites
using a gelator which is made up of all-trans tri-(p-phenylenevinylene) bis
(aldoxime) (TPV, 1) which is capable of forming a physical gel in aromatic
hydrocarbons such as toluene (Fig. 8a). A transparent solution of 1 (10 mg/mL)
Fig. 7 Tan δ vs. temperature plots of epoxy/m-HNTs nanocomposites (reproduced with permission of Springer, M. Liu et al., Journal of Polymer Research [25])
Fig. 6 Storage modulus vs. temperature plots of the epoxy/m-HNTs nanocomposites (reproduced
with permission of Springer, M. Liu et al., Journal of Polymer Research [25])
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