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CARBON
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 161-168Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.03.042
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Commercial kraft lignin was thermostabilised by heating up to 250 degrees C at a rate of 0.01 degrees C min(-1) in ambient atmosphere. Subsequent carbonisation at 2000 degrees C in argon atmosphere yielded carbon microparticles containing ordered graphitic domains. Micromechanical characterisation by nanoindentation yielded average values of 1.39 GPa for hardness and 8.2 GPa for the indentation modulus of carbon particles. Composite films of polycaprolactone with different carbon content were prepared by means of solvent evaporation casting. Tensile testing revealed an increase in composite stiffness while strength and elongation at break decreased with the loaded amount of carbon microparticles. Electrical conductivity of the composites was exemplarily observed for a carbon microparticle loading of 15% (w/w). Using a composite film as strain sensor in three-point bending, high sensitivity of electrical conductivity towards the applied strain was observed. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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