Kaynan, Ozge, Yildiz, Alptekin, Bozkurt, Yunus Emre, Ozden Yenigun, Elif and Cebeci, Hulya, 2020, Journal Article, Electrically conductive high–performance thermoplastic filaments for fused filament fabrication Composite Structures, 237. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0263-8223
Abstract or Description: | Conductive polyetherimide (PEI)-based filaments can fill the gap between the design and manufacturing of functional and structural components through additive manufacturing. This study systematically describes the fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNTs)-reinforced PEI filaments, complemented by a custom-built extrusion process facilitating low weight fraction of nanomaterials. Neat PEI and CNTs/PEI filaments at different CNTs fractions ranging from 0.1 to 7 wt. % were fabricated. Supported by morphology analysis, the rheological percolation was found to be higher (0.25 wt. % CNTs/PEI) than electrical percolation (0.1 wt. % CNTs/PEI) since the system reached an electrical percolation within the formation of a continuous conductive path at lower CNTs loadings. With the 7 wt. % CNTs loading, the highest electrical conductivity of CNTs/PEI filaments was reported as 2.57 × 10−1 S/cm. A 55% enhancement in tensile modulus was achieved when 5 wt. % CNTs were introduced, but in a trade-off in elongation at break ca. 65%. |
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Subjects: | Other > Engineering > H400 Aerospace Engineering |
School or Centre: | School of Design |
Funders: | The authors are thankful for the Boeing Global Co. project numbered 2016000269 for financial support., The authors thank TUBITAK 3501 (Project No: 116M427) for the postgraduate student scholarship support for Ozge Kaynan. |
Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.111930 |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2020 16:09 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2021 08:38 |
URI: | https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/4246 |
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