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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 22, Issue 11, Pages 4811-4817Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2jm14210d
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- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province, China [1107RJZA177]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51164022]
- Lanzhou University of Technology
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Graphite oxide (GO) nanoplatelets with a thickness from 0.8 nm to 2 nm were prepared using a modified Hummers method. By employing GO nanoplatelets as nanofillers, poly(acrylic acid)-GO superabsorbent nanocomposites were synthesized by a facile solution polymerization of acrylic acid monomers using N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide as cross-linker and ammonium persulfate as initiator. The well-dispersed GO nanoplatelets in the polymer networks results in a significant improvement in absorbencies both in distilled water and saline solutions. With only a very low loading of GO in the superabsorbent nanocomposite, for example 0.073 wt%, its water absorbency reaches up to 508 g g(-1), which is nearly as twice that of the poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) superabsorbent. The superabsorbent nanocomposite also exhibits a superior water-retention ability compared with the control under the same conditions. Our study may provide a new way for the development of novel, GO-based superabsorbent nanocomposites with improved absorbency and may find a variety of useful applications.
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