• 文献标题:   Bio-elastomer nanocomposites reinforced with surface-modified graphene oxide preparedvia in situcoordination polymerization
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BAHENA A, MAGANA I, GONZALEZ HRL, HANDA R, ENRIQUEZMEDRANO FJ, KUMAR S, CARRIZALES RM, FERNANDEZ S, VALENCIA L, GOMEZ REDD
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Res Ctr Appl Chem
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1039/d0ra07008d
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

This article proposes a method to produce bio-elastomer nanocomposites, based on polyfarnesene or polymyrcene, reinforced with surface-modified graphene oxide (GO). The surface modification is performed by grafting alkylamines (octyl-, dodecyl-, and hexadecylamine) onto the surface of GO. The successful grafting was confirmedviaspectroscopic (FTIR and Raman) and X-ray diffraction techniques. The estimated grafted amines appear to be around 30 wt%, as calculatedviathermogravimetric analysis, increasing the inter-planar spacing among the nanosheets as a function of alkyl length in the amine. The resulting modified GOs were then used to prepare bio-elastomer nanocompositesvia in situcoordination polymerization (using a ternary neodymium-based catalytic system), acting as reinforcing additives of polymyrcene and polyfarnesene. We demonstrated that the presence of the modified GO does not affect significantly the catalytic activity, nor the microstructure-control of the catalyst, which led to highcis-1,4 content bio-elastomers (>95%). Moreover, we showviarheometry that the presence of the modified-GO expands the capacity of the elastomer to store deformation or applied stress, as well as exhibit an activation energy an order of magnitude higher.