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Year 2025 Volume 23, Issue 4
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Antonina NAUMENKO1, Iryna DOROSHENKO1, Lyudmila MATZUI1, Liudmyla VOVCHENKO1, Volodymyr MATSUI1, Inna KIRIAN2, and Oleksandr RUD2

1Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60, Volodymyrska Str., UA-01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
2G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, N.A.S. of Ukraine, 36, Academician Vernadsky Blvd., UA-03142 Kyiv, Ukraine

Vibrational Spectra and Structural Features of Polymer Composites with Carbon Nanomaterials as Fillers

1029–1040 (2025)

PACS numbers: 61.48.De, 78.20.Ci, 78.30.Na, 81.05.U-, 81.07.De, 82.35.Np, 82.80.Gk

Received 21 August, 2025

Polymer composites containing carbon nanomaterials have attracted considerable attention of researchers due to their unique physicochemical properties and a wide range of applications. In particular, composite materials based on epoxy resin and polyethylene doped with carbon nanoparticles demonstrate improved mechanical, electrical, and optical characteristics, making them promising for use in the aviation, electronics, automotive, and biomedical industries. One of the key aspects of the investigation of such composites is the study of their structural features and interactions between the polymer matrix and the filler. An important tool for this is a set of spectroscopic-analysis methods, in particular, vibrational spectroscopy, which allows obtaining information about the molecular structure and interfacial interactions in materials. The study of Raman scattering (RS) of light and infrared (IR) absorption spectra allows us to assess changes in intramolecular dynamics and the nature of bonds in the polymer matrix, taking into account the influence of carbon nanofillers. This article examines the features of the vibrational spectra of epoxy and polyethylene composites with carbon nanomaterials, analyses their effect on the polymer-matrix structure, and discusses possible mechanisms of interaction between the composite components.

KEY WORDS: polymer nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoplatelets, FTIR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/nnn.23.04.1029

Citation:
Antonina Naumenko, Iryna Doroshenko, Lyudmila Matzui, Liudmyla Vovchenko, Volodymyr Matsui, Inna Kirian, and Oleksandr Rud, Vibrational Spectra and Structural Features of Polymer Composites with Carbon Nanomaterials as Fillers, Nanosistemi, Nanomateriali, Nanotehnologii, 23, No. 4: 1029–1040 (2025); https://doi.org/10.15407/nnn.23.04.1029

Funding / Acknowledgments:
Partial financial support for this work was provided by the National Research Foundation of Ukraine within the framework of the program 'Excellent science in Ukraine' (project 2023.03/0193, Raman spectra study) and by the Department of target training of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv at National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (project #8F-2024), which involved joint teams of scientists from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics of the N.A.S. of Ukraine.

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