• 文献标题:   Generation of nanocellular TPU/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite foams with high cell density by manipulating viscoelasticity
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XIAO SP, HUANG HX
  • 作者关键词:   nanocellular structure, thermoplastic polyurethane, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   POLYMER
  • ISSN:   0032-3861 EI 1873-2291
  • 通讯作者地址:   South China Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121879
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Previous preparation of nanocellular thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)-based foams was at low foaming temperature and so long saturation time is needed. In this work, nanocellular structure with high cell density (up to 2.52 x 10(12) cells/cm(3)) is developed by foaming TPU nanocomposites with 0.5 and 0.75 vol% reduced graphene oxide (rGO) at higher foaming temperatures. The formation of such nanocellular structure is ascribed to appropriately higher elasticity and obviously higher melt strength of the TPU nanocomposites, which result from a percolation structure of well exfoliated and dispersed rGO layers and the higher temperature. The nanocellular TPU nanocomposite foams with high cell density exhibit obviously higher dielectric permittivity value in low frequency range, which is ascribed to enhanced interfacial polarizations because of higher rGO content and possible dielectric breakdown of gas in large numbers of the nano-sized cells.