• 文献标题:   Exploring thermal annealing and graphene-carbon nanotube additives to enhance crystallinity, thermal, electrical and tensile properties of aged poly (lactic) acid-based filament for 3D printing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KOTSILKOVA R, PETROVADOYCHEVA I, MENSEIDOV D, IVANOV E, PADDUBSKAYA A, KUZHIR P
  • 作者关键词:   annealing, raman spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry dsc, thermogravimetric analysi, electrical propertie, mechanical propertie
  • 出版物名称:   COMPOSITES SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0266-3538 EI 1879-1050
  • 通讯作者地址:   Bulgarian Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.compscitech.2019.107712
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

The shelf life performance of polylactic acid (PLA) filaments for 3D printing is limited by aging mechanisms in terms of durability. In this work, the aged PLA and composite filaments filled with 12 wt% of graphene nano platelets (GNP), multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), and their hybrid mixture (1:1) were studied, after 24 months storage in a laboratory environment. Solid annealing at 80 degrees C for 4 h and pre-melt annealing at 120 degrees C for 3 h were applied in order to improve the performances of the aged filaments. It was found that the graphene-carbon nanotube fillers enhance the crystallinity, thermal stability, electrical conductivity and tensile Young's modulus, along with reduced tensile strength, elongation and toughness, compared to the neat PLA. The annealing was found efficient to substantially improve mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of the aged PLA-based composite filaments however, the annealing temperature have to be tuned according to the type of carbon nanofiller and the target properties.