Comparative Mechanical Response of PLA Nanocomposites Reinforced with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Halloysite Nanotubes Processed by Injection Moulding
Christian Cobos, Santiago Ferrándiz, Emilio Rayón, Luis M. López-López, Luis Garzón · 2025
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Description
Christian Cobos and co-authors report a 2025 study on a biodegradable plastic called PLA. The plastic is brittle, which limits structural use. Two nanotube fillers are compared as reinforcements. One is a multi-walled carbon tube, and the other is a clay tube called halloysite. Each filler was mixed at three low loadings and molded by injection. Strength, bending, impact, and hardness tests grade the results.
Carbon tubes raised bending strength and stiffness by up to sixty percent. That gain cost stretch: the break strain fell as clumps formed. Halloysite improved a different balance of traits. Microscope images check how well each filler spread. Materials teams get a side-by-side filler guide for a green plastic. The clumping warning matters most: filler gains vanish when tubes bunch instead of spreading.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Christian Cobos, Santiago Ferrándiz, Emilio Rayón, Luis M. López-López, Luis Garzón |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |