Enhancing the Strength of Acrylonitrile–Butadiene–Styrene with Gas-Phase-Synthesized Graphene for Injection-Molding Applications
Enhancing the Strength of Acrylonitrile–Butadiene–Styrene with Gas-Phase-Synthesized Graphene for Injection-Molding Applications
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DOI:
10.1021/acsanm.3c06128
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发表时间:
2024-02
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
A. Dato;Jonathan T. Griffin;Arpita Bhutani;Evan Flitz
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作者:
A. Dato;Jonathan T. Griffin;Arpita Bhutani;Evan Flitz
Increasing the strength-to-weight ratio of injection moldable polymers can benefit a broad range of applications, such as automobiles, aircraft, and consumer electronic devices. This paper demonstrates that incorporating miniscule quantities (0.1 wt %) of gas-phase-synthesized graphene into acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene (ABS) can significantly increase the strength of injection-molded specimens by over 20%. The results transform our current understanding of the structure–property relationships of graphene-filled polymer-matrix nanocomposites because highly crumpled graphene sheets with nonfunctionalized surfaces and nanometer-scale lateral dimensions are shown to be more effective at strengthening ABS than flat graphene flakes with functionalized surfaces and micrometer-scale lateral dimensions.