• 文献标题:   Novel PEG functionalized graphene nanosheets: enhancement of dispersibility and thermal stability
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG SP, XIONG P, YANG XJ, WANG X
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanjing Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   91
  • DOI:   10.1039/c0nr00923g
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

A series of polyethylene glycol (PEG) functionalized graphene sheet hybrid materials (FGHMs) have been successfully synthesized via ester linkages. Interestingly, our products can be dispersed in both polar/protic solvents and nonpolar/nonprotic ones, which differ significantly from previously reported systems and are of great value in the wide-spread application of these "carbon nanosheet" based materials by solution-phase processing. Furthermore, the addition of PEG-modified carbon nanosheets as nanofillers significantly improves the thermal stability of the bulk polymers. In our case, an increase of 35 K in thermal stability can be obtained for PEG4000 after filling with as low as 1 wt % of the PEG modified carbon sheets, suggesting their great potential as novel nanofillers in industry.