Journal of Polymer Science & Applications

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Fawad Inam Author

fawad.inam@northumbria.ac.uk

Subjects of specialization
Graphene, the building block of all graphitic forms

Affiliation
Northumbria University, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK

Biography

Fawad Inam Northumbria University, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK The use of graphene has attracted lots of attention in recent years because of its excellent performance in mechanical, electrical and thermal applications. 

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Research Article Open Access

Processing of Epoxy/Graphene Nanocomposites: Effects of Surfactants

Author(s):

Jiacheng Wei and Fawad Inam

The use of graphene has attracted lots of attention in recent years because of its excellent performance in mechanical, electrical and thermal applications. Graphene can significantly improve the properties of epoxy at extremely low loadings. Herein, epoxy/grapheme nanocomposites have been prepared to explore the properties enhancement of graphene in epoxy matrix. However, due to the strong van der Waals force on separately dispersed graphene surface, graphene tends to re-aggregate in epoxy matrix. In this work,Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS) and Gum Arabic (GA)have been selected to disperse graphene.Tensile properties, flexural properties and hardness, etc have been tested to evaluate the effectiveness. After introduced SDS, the tensile strength of nanocompos... view more»

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