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Study of Mechanical and Optical Properties of Aligned Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Matrix in Electric and Magnetic Fields

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In this paper, polymer nanocomposite thin films were prepared by solution casting method using poly(methyl methacrylate) as a matrix and multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a filler. The structural, morphological and mechanical properties of nanocomposites have been characterized by Raman and UV–Vis spectroscopy, SEM and DMA. The behavior of the nanocomposites under electric and magnetic fields is discussed in details. The elastic modulus of the nanocomposites in electric field is increased comparing with magnetically and randomly aligned polymer matrix.

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Authors are also thankful to the Material Science lab developed under TEQIP-II at Govt. Women Engineering College, Ajmer for providing facility to carry out UV–Vis.

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Authors are grateful for the financial support received from Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE Grant no. 103/245/2015), New Delhi to carry out this work.

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  1. Department of Physics, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, India

    Pankaj Kalotra & Subodh Srivastava

  2. Department of Physics, IIS Deemed to be University, Jaipur, India

    Gyanesh Soni

  3. Department of Physics, Govt. Women Engineering College, Ajmer, India

    Shyam Sunder Sharma

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Kalotra, P., Soni, G., Srivastava, S. et al. Study of Mechanical and Optical Properties of Aligned Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Matrix in Electric and Magnetic Fields. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 63, 849–854 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X2135008X

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