In this paper, poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) doped multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs/polyrhodanine),
were synthesized through one-step chemical oxidative polymerization of rhodanine monomers on the
surface-modified carbon nanotubes. Characterization of MWCNTs/polyrhodanine was conducted by using
scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transforms infrared
spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and EDX spectrum analyses in which the results confirmed
the successful formation of MWCNTs/polyrhodanine. In addition, to investigate the thermal properties of
samples, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was employed, and results exhibited significant improvement
in the nanocomposite thermal stability due to the addition of MWCNTs with reinforcement effect in
polymer matrix.
