Polymer nanotechnology: Nanocomposites
Donald R Paul,Lloyd M. Robeson +1 more
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In this paper, the technology involved with exfoliated clay-based nanocomposites and also include other important areas including barrier properties, flammability resistance, biomedical applications, electrical/electronic/optoelectronic applications and fuel cell interests.About:
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Graphene-based polymer nanocomposites
TL;DR: A survey of the literature on polymer nanocomposites with graphene-based fillers including recent work using graphite nanoplatelet fillers is presented in this article, along with methods for dispersing these materials in various polymer matrices.
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Graphene oxide, highly reduced graphene oxide, and graphene: versatile building blocks for carbon-based materials.
TL;DR: Techniques for preparing such advanced materials via stable graphene oxide, highly reduced grapheneoxide, and graphene dispersions in aqueous and organic media are summarized with a forward outlook on their applications.
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TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers
TL;DR: The new cellulose-based nanofibers formed by size reduction process of native cellulose fibers by TEMPO-mediated oxidation have potential application as environmentally friendly and new bio- based nanomaterials in high-tech fields.
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Self-Assembly of Colloidal Nanocrystals: From Intricate Structures to Functional Materials
TL;DR: This review discusses efforts to create next-generation materials via bottom-up organization of nanocrystals with preprogrammed functionality and self-assembly instructions, and explores the unique possibilities offered by leveraging nontraditional surface chemistries and assembly environments to control superlattice structure and produce nonbulk assemblies.
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Polylactide (PLA)-based nanocomposites
TL;DR: A recent review as mentioned in this paper highlights the main researches and developments in polylactide-based nanocomposites during this last decade, highlighting the main applications of PLA in automotive and electronics.
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TL;DR: Monocrystalline graphitic films are found to be a two-dimensional semimetal with a tiny overlap between valence and conductance bands and they exhibit a strong ambipolar electric field effect.
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Graphene-based composite materials
Sasha Stankovich,Dmitriy A. Dikin,Geoffrey Dommett,K. Kohlhaas,Eric Zimney,Eric A. Stach,Richard D. Piner,SonBinh T. Nguyen,Rodney S. Ruoff +8 more
TL;DR: The bottom-up chemical approach of tuning the graphene sheet properties provides a path to a broad new class of graphene-based materials and their use in a variety of applications.
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Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications
TL;DR: Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects.
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Average stress in matrix and average elastic energy of materials with misfitting inclusions
Trevor A. Mori,K Tanaka +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method of calculating the average internal stress in the matrix of a material containing inclusions with transformation strain is presented. But the authors do not consider the effects of the interaction among the inclusions and of the presence of the free boundary.
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Polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites: a review from preparation to processing
TL;DR: A review of the academic and industrial aspects of the preparation, characterization, materials properties, crystallization behavior, melt rheology, and processing of polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites is given in this article.