Incorporation of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets on the Morphology and Properties of Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanocomposites

Table 1

DSC value for pure PET and PET nanocomposites.

Sample				(J/g)	(%)
PET	68.49	183.75	249.19	39.45	28.20
PET/MWCNTs 0.1 wt%	69.92	218.38	247.80	50.78	36.31
PET/GNPs 0.1 wt%	70.00	216.19	245.72	47.93	34.27
PET/MWCNTs/GNPs 0.1 wt%	70.23	217.83	247.74	46.01	32.90
PET/MWCNTs 0.5 wt%	75.00	221.93	248.51	60.49	45.48
PET/GNPs 0.5 wt%	70.33	217.81	244.20	57.90	41.56
PET/MWCNTs/GNPs 0.5 wt%	71.41	221.85	248.38	57.45	41.04

: glass transition temperature; : cold crystallization temperature; : melting peak temperature; : heat of fusion; : mass fraction crystallinity.