An experimental investigation of mixing of carbon nanotube/polymer composite in a batch-type screw mixer
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- Title
- An experimental investigation of mixing of carbon nanotube/polymer composite in a batch-type screw mixer
- Authors
- Kyoung Duck Seo; Jang Min Park; Hyeonsoo Jeong; Kim, DS
- Date Issued
- 2014-02
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Abstract
- We develop a miniaturized batch-type screw mixer (BSM) for uniform mixing of polymer resin and nanoparticles, based on the stretching of material elements. This stretching is induced by the combination of recirculating cross-sectional flows in deep channels of the screw and high shear stress developed at flight regions. The BSM is used to produce a polymer nano-composite composed of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and polydimethylsiloxane resin. The mixing performance of the BSM is characterized quantitatively by estimating two different types of mixing efficiencies (i.e., dispersive mixing and distributive mixing) via transmitted light microscope images. The developed BSM highly improves the mixing performance rather than that of a conventional ultrasonic mixing device.
- Keywords
- NANOCOMPOSITES; DISPERSION; MICROCHANNELS; STATE
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/15088
- DOI
- 10.1007/S00542-013-1929-2
- ISSN
- 0946-7076
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- Microsystem Technologies, vol. 20, no. 2, page. 243 - 250, 2014-02
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