Fascinating thermo-mechanical features of layered hydroxides / MWCNTs nanocomposites

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) has been synthesized using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. Al – Layered Hydroxide (Al–LH) and MWCNTs nanocomposites; (1-x) Al–LH + (x) MWCNTs, 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1; have been synthesized using citrate nitrate assisted hydrothermal technique. The crystal structure and the functional groups of the prepared samples were examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) respectively. Their layered structure seemed under the high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and the morphology was observed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Moreover, the synthesized nanocomposites were further characterized using Zeta potential and size analysis and Brunauer– Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area which showed their different characteristics as the MWCNTs content is changed. Thermal gravimetric analysis assured the thermal stability of the nanocomposites over the temperature from room up to 480 °C depending on the MWCNTs content.