Development of polymer composites using modified, high-structural integrity graphene platelets

• Main Authors: Ma, Jun, Meng, Qingshi, Zaman, Izzuddin, Zhu, Shenmin, Michelmore, Andrew, Kawashima, Nobuyuki, Chun, H., Wang, Hsu-Chiang Kuan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Ltd 2014
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4559/1/AJ%202017%20%28188%29%20Development%20of%20polymer%20composites%20using%20modi%EF%AC%81ed.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4559/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.11.017
• Institution: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Previous studies on polymer/graphene composites have mainly utilized either reduced graphene oxide or graphite nanoplatelets of over 10 nm in thickness. In this study we covalently modified 3-nm thick graphene platelets (GnPs) by the reaction between the GnPs’ epoxide groups and the end-amine groups...