Quantum chemical study on the interaction of carbon nanotube with polyethylene and polypropylene oligomers
The results of the study on the properties of carbon nanotubes-polymer nanocomposites have shown that the use of nanotubes (CNT) to fill the polymer matrices of different species significantly alter their physical properties compared to the original polymers. However, the influence of CNT on the pr...
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| author | M. I. Terets E. M. Demianenko S. V. Zhuravsky O. A. Сhernyuk V. S. Kuts A. G. Grebenyuk Yu. I. Sementsov L. M. Kokhtych M. T. Kartel |
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The results of the study on the properties of carbon nanotubes-polymer nanocomposites have shown that the use of nanotubes (CNT) to fill the polymer matrices of different species significantly alter their physical properties compared to the original polymers. However, the influence of CNT on the properties of nanocomposites obtained at the molecular level has not yet been completely ascertained. Therefore, the purpose of this work was to examine the interaction of CNT with fragments of polymers of the same nature, but somewhat different structure, for example, polyethylene and polypropylene by means of quantum chemistry.
By method of density functional theory with the exchange-correlation functional B3LYP, the basis set 6-31G(d,p) and the Grimme dispersion correction, the energy values have been calculated of interaction between carbon nanotube fragments and oligomers of polyethylene and polypropylene, the most probable structures of their intermolecular complexes being optimized.
A graphene-like plane of 40 carbon atoms and 16 atoms of hydrogen was chosen as a model for the outer surface of the multi-walled nanotubes (MWNT). In order to take into account the dimensional effect of the surface of the nanotube fragment model on the interaction energy, in addition to the above described, two larger models were used, with the general formula C54H18 and C96H24.
It has been found that the interaction energy of a carbon nanotube fragment with an oligomer of polypropylene is greater, compared with polyethylene, which is consistent with the experimental data on melting temperatures of pure polymers and nanotube-polymer composites.
The polymer with an outer surface of a carbon nanotube forms an intermolecular complex not bound covalently and retained by intermolecular dispersion forces. Oligomers of polymeric matters and nanotube surfaces in nanocomposites formed are placed closer to each other than separate polymeric links between them.
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| spelling | doaj-art-176b6a3c355f48d080b658c169136c992025-08-20T03:08:21ZengChuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of NAS of UkraineХімія, фізика та технологія поверхні2079-17042518-12382019-02-0110110.15407/hftp10.01.075Quantum chemical study on the interaction of carbon nanotube with polyethylene and polypropylene oligomersM. I. Terets0E. M. Demianenko1S. V. Zhuravsky2O. A. Сhernyuk3V. S. Kuts4A. G. Grebenyuk5Yu. I. Sementsov6L. M. Kokhtych7M. T. Kartel8Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine / Institute of Physics of National Academy of Sciences of UkraineChuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The results of the study on the properties of carbon nanotubes-polymer nanocomposites have shown that the use of nanotubes (CNT) to fill the polymer matrices of different species significantly alter their physical properties compared to the original polymers. However, the influence of CNT on the properties of nanocomposites obtained at the molecular level has not yet been completely ascertained. Therefore, the purpose of this work was to examine the interaction of CNT with fragments of polymers of the same nature, but somewhat different structure, for example, polyethylene and polypropylene by means of quantum chemistry. By method of density functional theory with the exchange-correlation functional B3LYP, the basis set 6-31G(d,p) and the Grimme dispersion correction, the energy values have been calculated of interaction between carbon nanotube fragments and oligomers of polyethylene and polypropylene, the most probable structures of their intermolecular complexes being optimized. A graphene-like plane of 40 carbon atoms and 16 atoms of hydrogen was chosen as a model for the outer surface of the multi-walled nanotubes (MWNT). In order to take into account the dimensional effect of the surface of the nanotube fragment model on the interaction energy, in addition to the above described, two larger models were used, with the general formula C54H18 and C96H24. It has been found that the interaction energy of a carbon nanotube fragment with an oligomer of polypropylene is greater, compared with polyethylene, which is consistent with the experimental data on melting temperatures of pure polymers and nanotube-polymer composites. The polymer with an outer surface of a carbon nanotube forms an intermolecular complex not bound covalently and retained by intermolecular dispersion forces. Oligomers of polymeric matters and nanotube surfaces in nanocomposites formed are placed closer to each other than separate polymeric links between them. https://cpts.com.ua/index.php/cpts/article/view/496nanocompositecarbon nanotubepolyethylenepolypropylenedensity functional theory methodcluster approximation |
| spellingShingle | M. I. Terets E. M. Demianenko S. V. Zhuravsky O. A. Сhernyuk V. S. Kuts A. G. Grebenyuk Yu. I. Sementsov L. M. Kokhtych M. T. Kartel Quantum chemical study on the interaction of carbon nanotube with polyethylene and polypropylene oligomers Хімія, фізика та технологія поверхні nanocomposite carbon nanotube polyethylene polypropylene density functional theory method cluster approximation |
| title | Quantum chemical study on the interaction of carbon nanotube with polyethylene and polypropylene oligomers |
| title_full | Quantum chemical study on the interaction of carbon nanotube with polyethylene and polypropylene oligomers |
| title_fullStr | Quantum chemical study on the interaction of carbon nanotube with polyethylene and polypropylene oligomers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantum chemical study on the interaction of carbon nanotube with polyethylene and polypropylene oligomers |
| title_short | Quantum chemical study on the interaction of carbon nanotube with polyethylene and polypropylene oligomers |
| title_sort | quantum chemical study on the interaction of carbon nanotube with polyethylene and polypropylene oligomers |
| topic | nanocomposite carbon nanotube polyethylene polypropylene density functional theory method cluster approximation |
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