• 文献标题:   Enhanced tensile strength and thermal conductivity of natural rubber graphene composite properties via rubber-graphene interaction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIM LP, JUAN JC, HUANG NM, GOH LK, LENG FP, LOH YY
  • 作者关键词:   natural rubber latex, reduced graphene oxide, composite, mechanical propertie, network visualization
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS SCIENCE ENGINEERING BADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLIDSTATE MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0921-5107 EI 1873-4944
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Malaya
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.mseb.2019.06.004
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Rubber-filler interaction is one of the important factors that determine final properties of a composite materials. However, the process of making a homogeneous and stable dispersion of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) or graphene in the natural rubber latex matrix remains a major challenge. In this study, graphene oxide (GO) was reduced in-situ during the latex mixing in the absence of strong reducing agent. The composite with only 0.1 phr of rGO has successfully improved the stress elongation at 700% (M700) and retention up to 14% and 13%, respectively. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) have suggested that these improvements were attributed to rubber-filler interactions between rGO and rubber particles. It is interesting to observe that the thermal conductivity has also increased to 0.236 W/m.K or a 36% of increment after addition of rGO.