Construction and Mechanism Analysis of a Self-Assembled Conductive Network in DGEBA/PEI/HRGO Nanocomposites by Controlling Filler Selective Localization

Autor: Yiming Meng, Sushant Sharma, Wenjun Gan, Seung Hyun Hur, Won Mook Choi, Jin Suk Chung
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nanomaterials, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 228 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2079-4991
DOI: 10.3390/nano11010228
Popis: Herein, a feasible and effective approach is developed to build an electrically conductive and double percolation network-like structure via the incorporation of highly reduced graphene oxide (HRGO) into a polymer blend of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A/polyetherimide (DGEBA/PEI). With the assistance of the curing reaction-induced phase separation (CRIPS) technique, an interconnected network of HRGO is formed in the phase-separated structure of the DGEBA/PEI polymer blend due to selective localization behavior. In this study, HRGO was prepared from a unique chemical reduction technique. The DGEBA/PEI/HRGO nanocomposite was analyzed in terms of phase structure by content of PEI and low weight fractions of HRGO (0.5 wt.%). The HRGO delivered a high electrical conductivity in DGEBA/PEI polyblends, wherein the value increased from 5.03 × 10−16 S/m to 5.88 S/m at a low content of HRGO (0.5 wt.%). Furthermore, the HRGO accelerated the curing reaction process of CRIPS due to its amino group. Finally, dynamic mechanical analyses (DMA) were performed to understand the CRIPS phenomenon and selective localization of HRGO reinforcement. The storage modulus increased monotonically from 1536 MPa to 1660 MPa for the 25 phr (parts per hundred in the DGEBA) PEI polyblend and reached 1915 MPa with 0.5 wt.% HRGO reinforcement. These simultaneous improvements in electrical conductivity and dynamic mechanical properties clearly demonstrate the potential of this conductive polyblend for various engineering applications.
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