The effect of the ultrasonication pre-treatment of graphene oxide (GO) on the mechanical properties of GO/polyvinyl alcohol composites

• Main Authors: Li, Yuanqing, Umer, Rehan, Liao, Kin, Samad, Yarjan Abdul, Zheng, Lianxi
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99596; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17691
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The effects of ultrasonication pre-treatment of graphene oxide (GO) on the mechanical properties of GO/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) composites were studied. Results show that the mechanical properties are sensitive to ultrasonication time (or energy input) and there is an optimum ultrasonication time (...