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Toughening of polymers by graphene
journal contribution
posted on 2015-06-17, 14:41 authored by Xiao Wang, Mo SongGraphene has been regarded as the next-generation carbon nanofiller for polymer nanocomposites. Owing to its superior physical properties, it produces a dramatic improvement in properties of polymers at very low filler loadings. In the past few years, toughening of polymers by graphene has been studied intensively. This article reviews the typical preparation methods of graphene and graphene/polymer nanocomposites. The authors summarize the enhancement effect, optimal filler loading and toughening mechanism for the polymer composites. Effects of some important factors including graphene content, thickness, sheet size, state and interfacial bonding with polymer chains have been addressed. Accordingly, the current challenges and future perspectives for the toughening of polymers by graphene are indicated.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Materials
Published in
Nanomaterials and EnergyVolume
2Issue
5Pages
265 - 278Citation
WANG, X. and SONG, M., 2013. Toughening of polymers by graphene. Nanomaterials and Energy, 2 (5), pp. 265 - 278.Publisher
© ICE PublishingVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2013Notes
This article was accepted for publication in the journal Nanomaterials and Energy [© ICE Publishing]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/nme.13.00024.ISSN
2045-9831Publisher version
Language
- en