Inkjet Printing of Plasma Functionalised Graphene to Deliver Multifunctional Polymer Composites for Aerospace Applications (PlasmaGraph)

PlasmaGraph项目的目标是开发一种方法，通过该方法，等离子体功能化石墨烯可以选择性地沉积到纤维增强复合材料上，从而为航空航天结构提供多功能性。要实现这一总体目标，需要提供三个主要要素：-等离子体功能化石墨烯;为了防止分散体中石墨烯的再聚集和再聚集，石墨烯的附聚可以降低石墨烯的固有性质，并且对于喷墨印刷，防止使用石墨烯分散体，因为再附聚的材料可以阻塞印刷头;这允许将石墨烯选择性地放置到结构复合材料中，并且将提供多功能益处;这要求喷墨印刷的石墨烯在制造最终复合部件时保持原位以保持有益效果，而且还使得在加工过程中没有石墨烯释放到环境中。

The objective of the PlasmaGraph project is to develop a method by which plasma functionalised graphene can be selectively deposited onto fibre reinforced composites to deliver multi-functionality to aerospace structures.There are three main elements to deliver to meet this overall objective:- Plasma functionalised graphene; to prevent the re-agglomeration of the graphene in a dispersion and the re-agglomeration of the graphene can both reduce the inherent properties of the graphene and, for inkjet printing, prevents use of graphene dispersions as the re-agglomerated material can block print heads;- Inkjet printing of graphene dispersions onto fabric preforms; this allows the selective placement of graphene into structural composites and will deliver multifunctional benefits;- Manufacturing of graphene functionalised composite components; this requires the inkjet printed grapheneto remain in-situ when the final composite part is manufactured so that the benefits are retained, but also so that there is no release of the graphene to the environment during processing.