Cure Kinetics of Epoxy Nanocomposites Affected by MWCNTs Functionalization: A Review

Table 1

The effect of functionalization of MWCNTs on cure kinetics of epoxy systems.

CNT type	Modification method	Surface modifier	Epoxy type	Curing condition	Reference
MWCTNs	Carboxylation	–COOH	Liquid-crystalline epoxy: (4,40-dihydroxy-and -methyl-stilbene; sulfanilamide)	Isothermal	Bae et al. [12]
MWCNTs	Carboxylation	COOH–	DGEBA: EMI-2,4	Nonisothermal	Zhou et al. [21]
MWCNTs	Carboxylation and fluorination	–COOH and –F	DGEBA: EPIKURE	Isothermal	Abdalla et al. [15], Kim et al. [26]
MWCNTs	Amino-functionalization	–NH	Epoxy resin E51: aromatic curing agent (JX-011)	Nonisothermal	Shen et al. [53, 65]
MWCNTs	Amino-functionalization	–NH	EPON828: EMI-2,4	Nonisothermal	Domínguez et al. [9],; Yang et al. [10]
MWNTs	Amino-functionalization	–NH	DGEBA: 4,4′-methylene dianiline	Isothermal and nonisothermal	Choi et al. [16]
MWCNTs	Amino-functionalization	–NH	DGEBA: DDM	Nonisothermal	Prolongo et al. [14]