Development of Organo-Dispersible Graphene Oxide via Pseudo-Surface Modification for Thermally Conductive Green Polymer Composites.

ABSTRACT: Graphene has attracted lots of researchers attention because of its remarkable conductivity in both electrically and thermally. However, it has poor dispersibility in organic solvents which limited its applications. Polymers with aromatic end group which act as an intercalator were prepared by ring-opening polymerization with ε-caprolactone by utilizing 1-naphthalene methanol (1-NM) as an initiator. These intercalators will exist between graphene oxide (GO) sheets to prevent aggregation via interactions. The attachment of 1-NM on polymer chains was supported by ultraviolet-visible spectra, size exclusion chromatography profiles, and ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. Exfoliated structured functionalized GO (fGO)/polycaprolactone (PCL) (synthesized fGO) nanocomposites that di

SUBMITTER: Sim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6643836 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature