Effect of graphene infusion on morphology and performance of natural rubber latex/graphene composites
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
Nowadays developments of most flexible electronic devices have significantly increased due to high demand on healthcare applications of daily life activities. Given these development factors, the production of nanoparticles-polymer composite improves the functionality of stretchable or improves interfacial adherence between the matrix and nanoparticles. In this research work, graphene used as functional filler materials into the polymer (natural rubber latex) matrices is presented. The surface morphology of pure natural rubber latex (NRL) and natural rubber latex/graphene (NRL/G) composite were observed by using Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was recorded to investigate the elements and functional groups present in the graphene and NRL and in the NRL/G composite. Furthermore, the mechanical and conductivity properties of the pure NRL and NRL/G composite are studied. The mechanical property and conductivity test were performed by a universal testing machine and two-point probes measurement respectively. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
Filled polymers, Graphene, Nanoparticles, Polymer matrix composites, Rubber, Scanning electron microscopy, Surface morphology, X ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Divisions
PHYSICS,nanotechnology
Funders
Science Fund grant from the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (03-01-03-SF1133),Research University grant from University of Malaya (RU004-2017)
Publication Title
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Volume
30
Issue
14
Publisher
Springer