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Real-time monitoring of graphene oxide reduction in acrylic printable composite inks

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This work reports the electrical characterization of a water-based graphene oxide/acrylic composite material, which was directly inkjet printed to fabricate dissipative patterns. The graphene oxide filler, which is strongly hydrophilic due to its heavily oxygenated surface and can be readily dispersed in water, was reduced by UV irradiation during photo-curing of the polymeric matrix. The concurrent polymerization of the acrylic matrix and reduction of graphene oxide filler was demonstrated by real-time resistance measurements during UV light irradiation. The presence of graphene filler allowed decreasing the resistance of the pure polymeric matrix by nearly five orders of magnitude. This was explained by the fact that clusters of reduced graphene oxide inside the polymer matrix act as preferential pathways for the mobility of charge carriers, thus leading to an overall decrease of the material’s resistance.

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The support by M. Sangermano in helping with the formulation of polymeric composite inks is gratefully acknowledged.

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Porro, S., Giardi, R. & Chiolerio, A. Real-time monitoring of graphene oxide reduction in acrylic printable composite inks. Appl. Phys. A 117, 1289–1293 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8533-x

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