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

• Main Authors: Jun, Ma, Meng, Qingshi, Zaman, Izzuddin, Zhu, Shenmin, Michelmore, Andrew, Nobuyuki, Kawashima, Wang, Chun H., Kuan, Hsu-Chiang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: TP1080-1185 Polymers and polymer manufacture; TP200-248 Chemicals: Manufacture, use, etc.
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5627/1/AJ%202017%20%28867%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5627/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.11.017

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...