Journal
COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 72, Issue 2, Pages 284-289Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.11.014
Keywords
Nanocomposites; Electrical properties
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51073012, 51103007, 51125010]
- Ministry of Education of China [NCET-08-0711]
- USA Office of Naval Research [N000140910928]
- USA National Science Foundation [0900188]
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn
- Directorate For Engineering [0900188] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Electrically conductive and thermally stable polyamide 6 (PA 6) nanocomposites were prepared through one-step in situ polymerization of epsilon-caprolactam monomer in the presence of electrically insulating and thermally unstable graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets. These nanocomposites show a low percolation threshold of similar to 0.41 vol.% and high electrical conductivity of similar to 0.028 S/m with only similar to 1.64 vol.% of GO. Thermogravimetric analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results of GO before and after thermal treatment at the polymerization temperature indicate that GO was reduced in situ during the polymerization process. X-ray diffraction patterns and scanning electron microscopy observation confirm the exfoliation of the reduced graphene oxide (RGO) in the PA 6 matrix. The low percolation threshold and high electrical conductivity are attributed to the large aspect ratio, high specific surface area and uniform dispersion of the RGO nanosheets in the matrix. In addition, although GO has a poor thermal stability, its PA 6 nanocomposite is thermally stable with a satisfactory thermal stability similar to those of neat PA 6 and PA 6/graphene nanocomposite. Such a one-step in situ polymerization and thermal reduction method shows significant potential for the mass production of electrically conductive polymer/RGO nanocomposites. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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