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Tomography of Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Blends by Focus Ion Beam: Alignment and Phase Separation Analysis from Multicontrast Electron Imaging

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Tomography of Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Blends by Focus Ion Beam: Alignment and Phase Separation Analysis from Multicontrast Electron Imaging. / Campo, Eva; Yates, Douglas; Berson, Benjamin et al.
In: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Vol. 302, No. 8, 1600479, 08.2017.

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Campo, E, Yates, D, Berson, B, Rojas, W, Winter, A, Ananth, M, Santiago-Aviles, JJ & Terentjev, EM 2017, 'Tomography of Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Blends by Focus Ion Beam: Alignment and Phase Separation Analysis from Multicontrast Electron Imaging', Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, vol. 302, no. 8, 1600479. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201600479

APA

Campo, E., Yates, D., Berson, B., Rojas, W., Winter, A., Ananth, M., Santiago-Aviles, J. J., & Terentjev, E. M. (2017). Tomography of Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Blends by Focus Ion Beam: Alignment and Phase Separation Analysis from Multicontrast Electron Imaging. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 302(8), Article 1600479. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201600479

CBE

Campo E, Yates D, Berson B, Rojas W, Winter A, Ananth M, Santiago-Aviles JJ, Terentjev EM. 2017. Tomography of Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Blends by Focus Ion Beam: Alignment and Phase Separation Analysis from Multicontrast Electron Imaging. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 302(8):Article 1600479. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201600479

MLA

Campo, Eva et al. "Tomography of Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Blends by Focus Ion Beam: Alignment and Phase Separation Analysis from Multicontrast Electron Imaging". Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 2017. 302(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201600479

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Campo E, Yates D, Berson B, Rojas W, Winter A, Ananth M et al. Tomography of Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Blends by Focus Ion Beam: Alignment and Phase Separation Analysis from Multicontrast Electron Imaging. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 2017 Aug;302(8):1600479. Epub 2017 Jan 20. doi: 10.1002/mame.201600479

Author

Campo, Eva ; Yates, Douglas ; Berson, Benjamin et al. / Tomography of Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Blends by Focus Ion Beam : Alignment and Phase Separation Analysis from Multicontrast Electron Imaging. In: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 2017 ; Vol. 302, No. 8.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Tomography of Electrospun Carbon Nanotube Polymeric Blends by Focus Ion Beam

T2 - Alignment and Phase Separation Analysis from Multicontrast Electron Imaging

AU - Campo, Eva

AU - Yates, Douglas

AU - Berson, Benjamin

AU - Rojas, Wudmir

AU - Winter, Allen

AU - Ananth, Mohan

AU - Santiago-Aviles, Jorge J.

AU - Terentjev, Eugene M.

PY - 2017/8

Y1 - 2017/8

N2 - Multimodal focused ion beam (FIB) imaging on a polydimethylsiloxane/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) electrospun composite has been applied to discriminate the phase-separated polymer blend and identify MWCNT fillers. Upon tomographic reconstruction, this discrimination has been possible through both atomic number and voltage contrast, the latter being enabled by preferential MWCNT segregation to PMMA. This study suggests that electrospinning could be affecting not only MWCNT alignment but also phase separation dynamics of immiscible polymers, yielding a porous structure throughout the fibers. This work opens the door to correlative materials science in polymer nanocomposites through FIB tomography, where voltage contrast is a main actor.

AB - Multimodal focused ion beam (FIB) imaging on a polydimethylsiloxane/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) electrospun composite has been applied to discriminate the phase-separated polymer blend and identify MWCNT fillers. Upon tomographic reconstruction, this discrimination has been possible through both atomic number and voltage contrast, the latter being enabled by preferential MWCNT segregation to PMMA. This study suggests that electrospinning could be affecting not only MWCNT alignment but also phase separation dynamics of immiscible polymers, yielding a porous structure throughout the fibers. This work opens the door to correlative materials science in polymer nanocomposites through FIB tomography, where voltage contrast is a main actor.

U2 - 10.1002/mame.201600479

DO - 10.1002/mame.201600479

M3 - Article

VL - 302

JO - Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

JF - Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

SN - 1438-7492

IS - 8

M1 - 1600479

ER -