{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Agustina E"],"funding":["National Research Foundation of Korea"],"pagination":["1328"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10144909"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["This study investigated the effect of graphite nanoplatelet (GNP) size and dispersion on the thermal conductivities and tensile strengths of epoxy-based composites. GNPs of four different platelet sizes, ranging from 1.6 to 3 µm, were derived by mechanically exfoliating and breaking expanded graphite (EG) particles using high-energy bead milling and sonication. The GNPs were used as fillers at loadings of 0-10 wt%. As the GNP size and loading amount increased, the thermal conductivities of the GNP/epoxy composites increased, but their tensile strengths decreased. However, interestingly, the tensile strength reached a maximum value at the low GNP content of 0.3% and thereafter decreased, irrespective of the GNP size. Our observations of the morphologies and dispersions of the GNPs in the co"],"journal":["Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Effect of Graphite Nanoplatelet Size and Dispersion on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Epoxy-Based Nanocomposites."],"pmcid":["PMC10144909"],"funding_grant_id":["2021R1A2C1008798","2020R1A6A1A03043435"],"pubmed_authors":["Agustina E","Lee S","Lee N","Seo Y","Hong SC","Kim Y","Goak JC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effect of Graphite Nanoplatelet Size and Dispersion on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Epoxy-Based Nanocomposites.","description":"This study investigated the effect of graphite nanoplatelet (GNP) size and dispersion on the thermal conductivities and tensile strengths of epoxy-based composites. GNPs of four different platelet sizes, ranging from 1.6 to 3 µm, were derived by mechanically exfoliating and breaking expanded graphite (EG) particles using high-energy bead milling and sonication. The GNPs were used as fillers at loadings of 0-10 wt%. As the GNP size and loading amount increased, the thermal conductivities of the GNP/epoxy composites increased, but their tensile strengths decreased. However, interestingly, the tensile strength reached a maximum value at the low GNP content of 0.3% and thereafter decreased, irrespective of the GNP size. Our observations of the morphologies and dispersions of the GNPs in the co","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Apr","modification":"2025-04-05T10:01:16.059Z","creation":"2025-04-05T10:01:16.059Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10144909","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37110912"],"doi":["10.3390/nano13081328"]}}