• 文献标题:   Effect of chemically reduced graphene oxide on epoxy nanocomposites for flexural behaviors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LEE SY, CHONG MH, PARK M, KIM HY, PARK SJ
  • 作者关键词:   chemically reduced graphene oxide, epoxy, nanocomposite, mechanical propertie
  • 出版物名称:   CARBON LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1976-4251 EI 2233-4998
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inha Univ
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.5714/CL.2014.15.1.067
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

In this work, nanocomposites of epoxy resin and chemically reduced graphene oxide (RGO) were prepared by thermal curing process. X-ray diffractions confirmed the microstructural properties of RGO. Differential scanning calorimetry was used to evaluate the curing behaviors of RGO/epoxy nanocomposites with different RGO loading amounts. We investigated the effect of RGO loading amounts on the mechanical properties of the epoxy nanocomposites. It was found that the presence of RGO improved both flexural strength and modulus of the epoxy nanocomposites till the RGO loading reached 0.4 wt%, and then decreased. The optimum loading achieved about 24.5 and 25.7% improvements, respectively, compared to the neat-epoxy composites. The observed mechanical reinforcement might be an enhancement of mechanical interlocking between the epoxy matrix and RGO due to the unique planar structures.