Download or read book MXene-Polymer Nanocomposites Via Thiol-Based "Click" Chemistry written by Riki McDaniel and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A process for easily fabricating thiol-acrylate and thiol-isocyanate based nanocomposites with well-dispersed two-dimensional titanium carbide (Ti3C2Tz) was explored. Ti3C2Tz produced using the LiF/HCl "clay" method and multilayer Ti3C2Tz etched with 10wt. % HF were dispersed in monomer solutions, which were then cured with highly efficient thiol "click" reactions to form composites. A method for treating HF-etched MXene with isocyanates to improve the dispersion of MXene in the polymer matrix was developed. The efficacy of the surface treatment was measured using diffractive and spectroscopic methods. Synthesized MXene-polymer nanocomposites were investigated for their mechanical and thermal properties over a range of filler concentrations. Keywords: Composites, MXenes, Nanocomposites, Nanomaterials, Surface modification, Thiol click chemistry