Properties of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene nanocomposites adding ammonia plasma treated carbon nanotubes/graphene nanoplatelets for electronic discharge application

Sorawit DUANGSRIPAT; Pajaera PATANATHABUTR; Nattakarn HONGSRIPHAN

doi:10.55713/jmmm.v34i3.2010

Authors

Sorawit DUANGSRIPAT Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand
Pajaera PATANATHABUTR Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand
Nattakarn HONGSRIPHAN Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-8990

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55713/jmmm.v34i3.2010

Keywords:

Graphene nanoplatelets, Carbon nanotube, Plasma functionalization, Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), Electronic packaging material

Abstract

Carbon-based nanofillers have been applied in various products, especially electrical and electronic products. It could be used to modify electrical conductivity of the integrated circuit (IC) polymeric packaging in order to prevent electrostatic discharge that would damage electronic integrity. This research reported the influence of ammonia plasma functionalization and its concentration on electrical, mechanical and thermal properties of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) reinforced with a mixture of CNTs and GNPs. Nanocomposites were successfully compounded using a twin-screw extruder, which firstly the masterbatch was prepared and then mixed with neat polymer into various concentrations (2 wt%, 4 wt%, 6 wt%, and 8 wt%). It was found that ammonia plasma functionalization increased the dispersion of nanofillers in the ABS matrix. When using a hybrid nanofillers in the weight ratio of CNTs:GNPs 60:40, it was found that the percolation threshold could be reached with a nanofiller concentration of 4 wt%. The surface electrical resistivity of the NH₃-functionalzed hybrid nanocomposites was reduced more than those adding the non-functionalized hybrid nanofillers. At this suitable weight ratio, tensile modulus of the CNT-NH₃:GNP-NH₃ 60:40 of 2 wt%, 4 wt%, 6 wt%, and 8 wt% could enhance the tensile modulus of ABS to be 35.98%, 38.29%, 43.54%, and 45.48% higher than that of neat ABS, respectively. Interestingly, the nanocomposites still had the ultimate tensile strength presented at yield with higher values. In addition, the NH₃-plasma functionalized nanofillers enhanced thermal conductivity of the ABS matrix much better than the non-functionalized ones, which these nanofillers could provide heat transfer by heat dissipation thoroughly in the polymer matrix.

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Author Biographies

Pajaera PATANATHABUTR, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand

Department of Materials Science and Engineering,

Faculty of Engineering and Industrial technology,

Silpakorn University, Sanam Chan Palace Campus,

Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

Nattakarn HONGSRIPHAN, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand

Nattakarn Hongsriphan is a full-time faculty in the position of associate professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Thailand. She was born at Sukhothai, Thailand in May 5, 1972. She graduated her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at Chiangmai University, Thailand (1997), and graduated her Doctor of Engineering in Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA (2003). She is the author of two books (in Thai language) and more than 40 journal articles. Her research interests include polymer blends, polymer composites, and polymer
processing.

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