• 文献标题:   Enhancement in Mechanical and Shape Memory Properties for Liquid Crystalline Polyurethane Strengthened by Graphene Oxide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI YT, LIAN HQ, HU YN, CHANG W, CUI XG, LIU Y
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, liquid crystalline polyurethane, composite, shape memory property
  • 出版物名称:   POLYMERS
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Inst Petrochem Technol
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.3390/polym8070236
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Conventional shape memory polymers suffer the drawbacks of low thermal stability, low strength, and low shape recovery speed. In this study, main-chain liquid crystalline polyurethane (LCPU) that contains polar groups was synthesized. Graphene oxide (GO)/LCPU composite was fabricated using the solution casting method. The tensile strength of GO/LCPU was 1.78 times that of neat LCPU. In addition, shape recovery speed was extensively improved. The average recovery rate of sample with 20 wt % GO loading was 9.2 %, much faster than that of LCPU of 2.6 degrees /s. The enhancement in mechanical property and shape memory behavior could be attributed to the structure of LCPU and GO, which enhanced the interfacial interactions between GO and LCPU.