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Epoxy filled with bare and oxidized multi-layered graphene nanoplatelets: a comparative study of filler loading impact on thermal properties

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Filler loading effects in both the thermal stability (TS) and thermal conductivity (TC) of ED-20 epoxy filled with bare (MLG) or oxidized multi-layered graphene nanoplatelets (MLGO) have been experimentally and theoretically studied. The particles were of about 5 × 5 μm in lateral size, about 50 nm in thickness, and of the specific surface area ~ 790 m2/g. The filler’s mass loading varied from 0.5 to 5.0%. TS studies have been performed by the temperature-programmed desorption technique with mass spectrometric detection of volatile moieties. The TC has been measured using the ASTM C1114 standard test method and modeled by equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations via LAMMPS package. TS has proved to be enhanced in MLG nanocomposites and deteriorated when using MLGO fillers, compared to those of the neat epoxy. For both the MLG and MLGO nanocomposites, volatile-moiety outputs showed non-monotonous loading dependences, whereas TC exhibited monotonic increase with increasing loading. It is shown that the TS and TC can be improved simultaneously in these nanocomposites. The likely involvement of the interfacial interaction mechanisms behind these effects is addressed.

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Abbreviations

ASS:

Active surface state

AIREBO:

Adapted intermolecular reactive empirical bond order

CLD:

Cross-linking degree

CVFF:

Consistent valence force field

DGEBA:

Diglycerol ether bisphenol A

DSC:

Differential scanning calorimetry

GNPs:

Graphene nanoplatelets

G-PNC:

Polymer composites

LAMMPS:

Large-scale atomic/molecular massively parallel simulator

LJ:

Lennard-Jones

MLG:

Multi-layered graphene

MLGO:

Multi-layered graphene oxide

MLG-NPs:

Multi-layered graphene nanoplatelets

MLGO-NPs:

Multi-layered graphene-oxide nanoplatelets

MD:

Molecular dynamics

PEPA:

Polyethylene polyamine

PESA:

Pentaethylenesextamine

PNC:

Polymer nanocomposite

TEG:

Thermally expanded graphite

TETA:

Triethylenetetramine

TC:

Thermal conductivity

vdW:

van der Waals

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    Borys Gorelov, Dmitro Starokadomsky & Nadia Sigareva

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    Alla Gorb, Andriy Nadtochiy, Vasyl Kuryliuk, Oleg Korotchenkov & Oleksiy Polovina

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    Sergey Shulga & Volodymyr Ogenko

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Gorelov, B., Gorb, A., Nadtochiy, A. et al. Epoxy filled with bare and oxidized multi-layered graphene nanoplatelets: a comparative study of filler loading impact on thermal properties. J Mater Sci 54, 9247–9266 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03523-7

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