High-grip and hard-wearing graphene reinforced polyurethane coatings
High-grip and hard-wearing graphene reinforced polyurethane coatings
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DOI:
10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.108727
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发表时间:
2021-02
影响因子:
13.1
通讯作者:
Monica Alberto;Maria Iliut;Mohan Kumar Pitchan;J. Behnsen;A. Vijayaraghavan
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作者:
Monica Alberto;Maria Iliut;Mohan Kumar Pitchan;J. Behnsen;A. Vijayaraghavan
Liquid polyurethane (PU) resins are used to form anti-slip surface coatings. In this work, we reinforce PU resin films with few-layer graphene (FLG) nanoparticles incorporated by high-shear mixing. This process gives excellent dispersion as evidenced by optical and X-ray tomography. The FLG does not appreciably change the tensile strength or Shore hardness of the PU, but we report modest increase of 10% in tear strength and Young's modulus, accompanied by a similar decrease in elongation to failure. However, significant improvement of over 100% is observed in the abrasion resistance. At the same time, we report a 25% increase in the coefficient of static friction and 200% increase in the coefficient of dynamic friction. These results, taken together, suggests that graphene can significantly improve the grip and durability of PU anti-slip coatings, without significantly affecting the other mechanical properties of the coating.