Issue 4, 2011

Preparation and characterization of polypropylene-graft-thermally reduced graphite oxide with an improved compatibility with polypropylene-based nanocomposite

Abstract

Polypropylene was successfully covalently grafted onto the surface of thermally reduced graphite oxide (PP-g-TRGO) by taking advantage of the “residual oxygen-containing functional groups” and the “grafting to” method. The PP-g-TRGO obtained showed an improved compatibility, and interfacial interaction, with an isotactic PP (iPP) matrix. The iPP/PP-g-TRGO nanocomposite exhibited a dramatically improved thermal stability compared to that of neat iPP even at low loadings.

Graphical abstract: Preparation and characterization of polypropylene-graft-thermally reduced graphite oxide with an improved compatibility with polypropylene-based nanocomposite

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Dec 2010
Accepted
24 Feb 2011
First published
23 Mar 2011

Nanoscale, 2011,3, 1516-1522

Preparation and characterization of polypropylene-graft-thermally reduced graphite oxide with an improved compatibility with polypropylene-based nanocomposite

M. Hsiao, S. Liao, Y. Lin, C. Wang, N. Pu, H. Tsai and C. M. Ma, Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 1516 DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00981D

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