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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 174, Issue -, Pages 108-119Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.04.082
Keywords
Polystyrene-graphene nanoplatelets composite; In-situ polymerization; Modified asphalt; DSR test; FT-IR and SEM
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51768007]
- Youth project in Guangxi department of education [KY2016YB031]
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Polystyrene (PS) grafted graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) composite (PS-GNPs) was prepared by in-situ polymerization and applied as modifier to Styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) for modified asphalt preparation. Specific amount of PS-GNPs incorporation improved ductility, softening point and penetration while DSR, MSCR, BBR and LAS tests showed enhancement in viscoelastic, high temperature rutting resistance performance, anti-fatigue and low temperature performance of the parent asphalt. FT-IR, XRD, SEM and AFM techniques confirmed the successful grafting of PS onto GNPs surface, which increased the interplanar spacing of GNPs with a spring-like macromolecular structure. It was deduced that PS grafted onto GNPs surface dissolved the SBS network in modified asphalt, thus greatly improving its dispersions. This study could be of great help for highway and construction industries. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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