One-pot, in situ synthesis of ZnO-carbon nanotube-epoxy resin hybrid nanocomposites

Arántzazu González-Campo; Katherine L Orchard; Norio Sato; Milo S P Shaffer; Charlotte K Williams

doi:10.1039/b905353k

One-pot, in situ synthesis of ZnO-carbon nanotube-epoxy resin hybrid nanocomposites

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jul 21:(27):4034-6. doi: 10.1039/b905353k. Epub 2009 Jun 9.

Authors

Arántzazu González-Campo¹, Katherine L Orchard, Norio Sato, Milo S P Shaffer, Charlotte K Williams

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, UK SW7 2AZ.

PMID: 19568624
DOI: 10.1039/b905353k

Abstract

This communication presents a clean and efficient in situ method for the preparation of thermoset composites containing ZnO nanoparticles and/or ZnO-coated carbon nanotubes.