• 文献标题:   Characterization of Young's modulus and thermal conductivity of graphene/epoxy nanocomposites
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG TY, TSENG PY, TSAI JL
  • 作者关键词:   multiscale modeling, thermal conductivity, graphene/epoxy nanocomposite
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0021-9983 EI 1530-793X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Chiao Tung Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1177/0021998318791681
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Atomistic simulation together with micromechanical analysis was employed to characterize the Young's modulus and thermal conductivity of graphene/epoxy nanocomposites. Nanocomposites containing pristine graphene, carboxyl (COOH)-functionalized graphene, and COOH- and amine (NH2)-functionalized graphene were considered in the simulations. The effect of atomistic interaction between the graphene and the surrounding epoxy was accounted for in the molecular dynamics simulations and then used to derive the effective properties of graphene. Subsequently, the Young's modulus and thermal conductivity of nanocomposites containing randomly oriented graphene were modeled using the Mori-Tanaka micromechanical model. The results indicated that the COOH- and NH2-functionalized graphene nanocomposite had superior mechanical and thermal properties to the other two material systems. Moreover, the model predictions were in favorable agreement with the experimental data.