Processing and assessment of high-performance poly(butylene terephthalate) nanocomposites reinforced with microwave exfoliated graphite oxide nanosheets

Bian, Jun; Lin, Hai; He, Fei; Wang, Ling; Xiao, Wenbin; Chang, I-Ta; Sancaktar, Erol

doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.02.027

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“…Especially for polar polymers, for example, polyurethane (PU) [12][13][14], poly(butylene terephthalate) [15], and epoxy resin [16,17], because some interactions would take place between oxygen-containing functional groups on the GO surface and polymer matrix. However, the application of GO in non-polar polymers is limited because they are incompatible.…”

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A facile approach to selective reduction and functionalization of graphene oxide and its application in fabrication of multifunctional polypropylene nanocomposites

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Polymer Composites

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Reducing and chemically functional modification of graphene oxide (GO) has attracted much attention in nanomaterial fields due to the outstanding properties of the graphene. In this article, water, a low cost and environmentally friendly reduction agent, to reduce selectively GO to form reduced GO (rGO) was applied, followed by modifying rGO with functional monomer octadecylamine (ODA), and subsequently polypropylene (PP) based nanocomposites containing functional graphene were fabricated via masterbatch-melt blending technique. The effects of reduction and functionalization on the microstructural and chemical-physical properties of GO were investigated comparatively by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The dispersibility of functional graphene before and after reduction was verified by using various agents. The experimental results showed that GO has been reduced selectively by water. Functional monomer ODA has been grated successfully on the surface of rGO and GO. The prepared graphene/PP nanocomposites were characterized by using Differential scanning calorimetric (DSC), XRD, scanning electron microscope (SEM), tensile, and impact tests. The results showed that the crystallization temperature (T c ) and melting temperature (T m ) of PP in the nanocomposites increased when the functional graphene was incorporated. The functional graphene has been dispersed uniformly in the PP matrix. Tensile tests showed that rG-ODA could improve the tensile strength and elastic modulus of composites more effectively than G-ODA. But G-ODA was more effectively in improving the toughness of PP than rG-

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“…Hence final properties of nanocomposites vary. Due to structural similarity between MEGONS and TEGO, MEGONS can be utilized to enhance the property which is comparable to TEGO [20]. By the exfoliation of natural flaky graphite, the graphite nanoplatelets with thickness ranging from 0.34 to 100 nm have been achieved [3].…”

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“…monomers and polymers are facilitated due to the presence of polar groups such as -COOH and -OH leading to monomers loading on polymer surface. The presence of graphitic sheets and galleries in GO at nanometer scale along with polar groups created as a result of chemical oxidation allow suitable polymers to intercalate and thus the formation of polymer nanocomposites based on graphite [20].…”

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“…The homogenous dispersion is much easier by using single sheet of graphite oxide [20]. The molecular dynamic simulations were performed for nanocomposites of graphite and polypropylene.…”

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“…It can be seen from Table 4 [117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125] that the fillers with large aspect ratio form percolating network but at a low weight fractions make CNTs as an ideal candidate to synthesize composites with superior properties and new performance. Mechanical properties of various graphite-based composites are presented in Table 5 [126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136] and Table 6 [129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137][138][139][140]. Electrical properties of graphite-based composites are given in Table 7 [141][142][143][144][145][146][147][148][149][150].…”

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Processing and assessment of high-performance poly(butylene terephthalate) nanocomposites reinforced with microwave exfoliated graphite oxide nanosheets

Cited by 50 publications

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