• 文献标题:   Electrolytic effects on the rheology of graphene oxide dispersions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHU RW, GAN Y, TAN DX
  • 作者关键词:   electrolytic effect, graphene oxide, poly ethylene glycol, shearthickening, strain overshoot
  • 出版物名称:   SOFT MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1539-445X EI 1539-4468
  • 通讯作者地址:   Anhui Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1080/1539445X.2017.1307222
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

As graphene oxide (GO) and GO-based composites are generally processed from aqueous dispersion, the rheology is significant for their application. Herein, the effect of inorganic electrolyte (NaCl) concentration on the rheology of GO dispersions containing poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) was investigated. Small amplitude oscillatory frequency sweep results demonstrated that the linear storage modulus G' enhanced with increasing NaCl concentration. An apparent strain overshoot was observed from the loss modulus G under large strain amplitude. Moreover, the aqueous GO/PEG dispersions both presented a local minimum of linear storage modulus G' whether the NaCl was added or not. Significantly, a characteristic shear-thickening was found in aqueous GO/NaCl dispersions regardless of the PEG concentration. Therefore, the study of the rheology of GO in aqueous electrolyte dispersions could contribute to understand the dynamically structural evolution of a class of two-dimensional anisotropic colloid sheets with large aspect ratio and also maybe expand the application of GO dispersions.