Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 186-194Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.11.020
Keywords
Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); Thermal properties; Thermal analysis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51303101]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai [09ZR1411600]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [20110490709]
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The polystyrene (PS) macromolecular chains were grafted on the surface of graphene layers by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. In this procedure, a RAFT agent, 4-Cyano-4-[(dodecylsulfanylthiocarbonyl) sulfanyl] pentanoic acid, was used to functionalize the thermal reduced graphene oxide (TRGO) to obtain the precursor (TRGO-RAFT). It can be calculated that the grafting density of PS/graphene (PRG) composites was about 0.18 chains per 100 carbons. Successful in-plain attachment of RAFT agent to TRGO and PS chain to TRGO-RAFT was shown an influence on the thermal property of the PRG composites. The thermal conductivity (lambda) improved from 0.150W m(-1) K-1 of neat PS to 0.250W m(-1) K-1 of PRG composites with 10 wt% graphene sheets loading. The thermal property of PRG composites increased due to the homogeneous dispersion and ordered arrangement of graphene sheets in PS matrix and the formation of PRG composites. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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