• 文献标题:   Effects of the alkylamine functionalization of graphene oxide on the properties of polystyrene nanocomposites
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JANG J, PHAM VH, RAJAGOPALAN B, HUR SH, CHUNG JS
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, functionalization, alkylamine, polystyrene, nanocomposite
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1931-7573 EI 1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Ulsan
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1186/1556-276X-9-265
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Alkylamine-functionalized graphene oxides (FGOs) have superior dispersibility in low-polar solvents and, as a result, they interact with low-polar polymers such as polystyrene. In this work, the functionalization of graphene oxide using three types of alkylamines, octylamine (OA), dodecylamine (DDA), and hexadecylamine (HDA), was performed, and nanocomposites of polystyrene (PS) and FGOs were prepared via solution blending. Different dispersions of FGOs over PS were obtained for the three alkylamines, and the properties of the PS composites were influenced by the length of the alkylamine. A better thermal stability was observed with a longer chain length of the alkylamine. On the other hand, functionalization with the shortest chain length alkylamine resulted in the highest increase in the storage modulus (3,640 MPa, 140%) at a 10 wt.% loading of FGO.