• 文献标题:   Exploring excellent dispersion of graphene nanosheets in three-dimensional bacterial cellulose for ultra-strong nanocomposite hydrogels
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LUO HL, DONG JJ, XU XH, WANG J, YANG ZW, WAN YZ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, cellulose, nanocomposite, dispersion
  • 出版物名称:   COMPOSITES PART AAPPLIED SCIENCE MANUFACTURING
  • ISSN:   1359-835X EI 1878-5840
  • 通讯作者地址:   East China Jiaotong Univ
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.compositesa.2018.03.007
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Homogeneous dispersion of graphene nanosheets in polymer matrices is still a big challenge in the area of nanocomposites. Herein we demonstrate a layer-by-layer (LBL) interface culture strategy to homogeneously distribute graphene (GE) nanosheets in three-dimensional (3D) bacterial cellulose (BC) matrix. In GE/BC nanocomposite hydrogels, the graphene nanosheets are closely bundled by BC nanofibers, which greatly improves the mechanical properties of GE/BC hydrogels. The improvements in tensile strength and modulus over bare BC reach 91% and 279%, respectively, for the GE/BC nanocomposite with 0.30 wt% graphene, which are very impressive for graphene-reinforced hydrogels. The scalable, versatile, and ecofriendly methodology is extendable to the fabrication of other BC-based nanocomposite hydrogels.