Heat transfer performance of water-based tetrahydrofurfuryl polyethylene glycol-treated graphene nanoplatelet nanofluids

• Main Authors: Arzani, H.K., Amiri, A., Kazi, S.N., Badarudin, A., Chew, B.T.
• Format: Article
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2016
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18340/; https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra13301k

In order to improve the colloidal stability of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) in aqueous media, GNPs were first functionalized with tetrahydrofurfuryl polyethylene glycol in a quick electrophilic addition reaction method. To assess this, surface functionalization of the GNPs was analyzed by FTIR and...