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NanoMat 2018
Nano Research & Applications
ISSN: 2471-9838
Page 85
April 26-27, 2018
Rome, Italy
17
th
Edition of International Conference on
Emerging Trends in
Materials Science and
Nanotechnology
G
raphene, which is a unique two-dimensional carbon
nanostructure, has low density, high specific surface area.
It has inspired enormous interests because of its outstanding
mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. Due to its
extraordinary mechanical, chemical, thermal and electronic
properties, graphene possess the wide range of possible uses as
biosensors, electronic devices, energy conversion and storage,
solar cell. A very important field of graphene applications is
polymer composites. Graphene nanoplatelets are one of the
most widely used forms of graphene; consist of stacks of several
graphene monolayers with thickness of up to approximately 10
nm. Fortunately, compared to monolayer graphene, graphene
nanoplatelets were mass production with low cost, and also
have excellent mechanical and electrical properties. During
recent years, a number of groups have explored the fabrication
of nanocomposites reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets.
Modification of polymers with graphene may eventually lead to
production of new composites with properties similar to those
of pure graphene i.e. materials with improved electrical, thermal,
mechanical or with greater capacity to absorb electromagnetic
waves. In this paper will be shown results from research on
attempts to modify polyester (PET) with graphene. This will
be presented in both laboratory fibers formation tests and
technological attempts at industrial conditions. For the obtained
fibers results of thermal (DSC, TGA), mechanical, structural and
spectroscopic method will be shown. The proposed method is
simple and inexpensive way of obtaining a thermoplastic polymer
nanocomposites containing graphene.
jjanicki@ath.bielsko.plStructure investigation of nanocomposites containing graphene
Jarosław Janicki, Marta Sieradzka, Ryszard Fryczkowski, Beata Fryczkowska
and
Czesław Ślusarczyk
University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Nano Res Appl, Volume:4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9838-C1-009