• 文献标题:   Influence of Moisture on Shape Memory and Mechanical Properties of Microwave-induced Shape Memory Polyurethane (PU)/graphene Nanoplatelets (GNPs) Composite
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PATEL KK, PUROHIT R, HASHMI SAR, GUPTA RK
  • 作者关键词:   shape memory polymer, microwave, moisture, gnp, glass transition temperature
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF POLYMER MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0973-8622
  • 通讯作者地址:   Maulana Azad Natl Inst Technol Bhopal
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.32381/JPM.2018.35.04.4
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Microwave-induced shape memory polymer (Polyurethane)/Graphene nanoplatelets composite were prepared in micro-compounder. When samples exposed in moisture (immersed in water), the thermo-mechanical and shape memory properties such as Tensile strength, glass transition temperature, storage modulus, stretch and recovery strength were decreased. The surface morphology and dispersion of GNPs in PU matrix were characterized by using the Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM). Further, we found that the PU specimen has no shape recovery during MV irradiations without moisture exposed sample. But moisture exposed PU sample shows shape recovery. With increasing water immersion time (Days) of the PU and 1 GPU samples the MV-induced shape recovery was increased. Because the absorbed water molecules in samples act as a dielectric note heating source for MV irradiations. So that its novel approach which may treat as a self-responsive shape memory polymer components when exposed long days in moisture.