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Wenda Wang1, Christopher Y Li1
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States.
Abstract:
We report herein single-walled carbon nanotube-induced polyethylene crystallization at the curved liquid/liquid interface. A Pickering emulsion system comprised of polyethylene (PE)/single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)/1,2-dichlorobenzene (DCB)/water is formed using probe sonication at an elevated temperature. SWCNTs are used as the Pickering agents, and they are bent into nanosized rings by the curved DCB/water interface. Upon cooling, PE crystallizes onto SWCNTs, forming kebab single crystals, and the PE lamellae are orthogonal to the DCB/water interface. The unique structure resembles nanohybrid shish kebab (NHSK) rings.
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