• 文献标题:   A graphene/poly(vinyl alcohol) hybrid membrane self-assembled at the liquid/air interface: enhanced mechanical performance and promising saturable absorber
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WU SD, LV W, XU J, HAN D, CHEN X, WANG P, YANG QH
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   0959-9428
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tianjin Univ
  • 被引频次:   21
  • DOI:   10.1039/c2jm32326e
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

A liquid-air self-assembly strategy is proposed to uniformly hybridize hydrophobic graphene with amphiphilic polymer, like PVA (poly(vinyl alcohol)), in a thin membrane, where the polymer imparts aqueous-dispersion and membrane-forming abilities to the encapsulated graphene. The microstructure, transmittance and wettability of the GNS/PVA hybrid membranes are finely tunable by changing the GNS fraction. Due to strong interaction between GNSs and PVA, the GNS-incorporated hybrid membrane formed at liquid-air interface shows improved thermal stability and highly enhanced mechanical performance as compared to GNS-free PVA membrane. Also, well-distributed GNS in the transparent polymer carrier make the hybrid membrane an ideal saturable absorber in ultrafast laser systems.