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Hydrothermally resistant thermally reduced graphene oxide and multi-wall carbon nanotube based epoxy nanocomposites

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2012-12-12
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Starkova, Olesja  
Chandrasekaran, Swetha  
Prado, Luís Antônio Sanchez de Almeida  
Tölle, Folke Johannes  
Mülhaupt, Rolf  
Schulte, Karl  
Institut
Kunststoffe und Verbundwerkstoffe M-11  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/6977
Journal
Polymer degradation and stability  
Volume
98
Issue
2
Start Page
519
End Page
526
Citation
Polymer Degradation and Stability 2 (98): 519-526 (2013)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.12.005
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84872119498
Publisher
Elsevier Science
This study is focused on the investigation of thermo-mechanical properties of an epoxy resin filled with thermally reduced graphene oxide (TRGO) and multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) after exposure of samples to hot distilled water. Addition of low contents of TRGO and MWCNTs greatly reduces the water sorption capacity of the epoxy polymer and improves its resistance to hydrothermal ageing. The glassy and rubbery moduli of the neat epoxy decreased for about 20% and 80%, respectively, while TRGO-based epoxy filled with 0.3 wt.% of TRGO showed only 6% reduction of both moduli. Hydrothermal ageing resulted in an enormous drop in the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the neat epoxy, by about 90°C, while the shift in Tg of the nanocomposites did not exceed 8°C. After re-drying of samples, the position and shape of the peak was completely recovered for the nanocomposites. Irreversibility of water influence on the neat polymer appeared in the broadened and shifted glass transition region. The improvement of the thermo-mechanical properties of the neat epoxy from the addition of TRGO is higher than that achieved by incorporating MWCNTs. This trend is valid in both unexposed state and after hydrothermal ageing of the nanocomposites.
Subjects
Graphene oxide
Hydrothermal ageing
Nanocomposite
Thermo-mechanical properties
Water absorption
DDC Class
540: Chemie
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften
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