• 文献标题:   Mechanical properties of graphene films enhanced by homo-telechelic functionalized polymer fillers via pi-pi It stacking interactions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG JZ, XU YH, CUI L, FU AP, YANG WR, BARROW C, LIU JQ
  • 作者关键词:   layered structure, thin film, mechanical propertie, assembly
  • 出版物名称:   COMPOSITES PART AAPPLIED SCIENCE MANUFACTURING
  • ISSN:   1359-835X EI 1878-5840
  • 通讯作者地址:   Qingdao Univ
  • 被引频次:   31
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.12.013
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Most researches on graphene/polymer composites are focusing on improving the mechanical and electrical properties of polymers at low graphene content instead of paying attention to constructing graphene's macroscopic structures. In current study the homo-telechelic functionalized polyethylene glycols (FPEGs) were tailored with pi-orbital-rich groups (namely phenyl, pyrene and di-pyrene) via esterification reactions, which enhanced the interaction between polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecules and chemical reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets. The pi-pi stacking interactions between graphene sheets and pi-pi orbital-rich groups endowed the composite films with enhanced tensile strength and tunable electrical conductivity. The formation of graphene network structure mediated by the FPEGs fillers via pi-pi stacking non-covalent interactions should account for the experimental results. The experimental investigations were also complemented with theoretical calculation using a density functional theory. Atomic force microscope (AFM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to monitor the step-wise preparation of graphene composite films. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.