Epoxy/graphene film for lifecycle self-sensing and multifunctional applications
Composites Science and Technology • 2020
معلومات البحث
المؤلفون
Sensen Han, Qingshi Meng, Ke Xing, Sherif Araby, Yin Yu, Adrian Mouritz, Jun Ma
الكلمات المفتاحية
Graphene; Multifunctionality; Self-sensing; Lifecycles
المجلة العلمية
Composites Science and Technology
الناشر
Elsevier
المجلد
198
العدد
Not Available
الصفحات
108312
publication.type
International
رابط البحث
Open Link
المواد المرفقة
Not Available
الملخص
Graphene holds promise to provide polymers with multifunctionality such as electrical conductivity. However, pristine graphene is not processable in solvent and graphene oxide even after reduction lacks sufficient electrical conductivity and compatibility with polymers. This work reported an epoxy/graphene nanocomposite film that was synthesized by a facile approach, taking advantage of unique solution-processable graphene platelets (GnPs) that had high structural integrity as reflected by electrical conductivity of 1460 S/cm. A percolation threshold of electrical conductivity was found to be 0.63 vol% for the film. GnPs at 2 vol% improved the thermal conductivity and Young's modulus of epoxy by 117% and 101%, respectively. The film was then investigated as a multifunctional sensor. It can real-time monitor its lifecycle structure health, i.e. the measurement of not only curing parameters but the initiation, localization and evolution of damages spanning from curing to the end of service life. Being sensitive to ambient environmental temperature, the film was investigated as a thermal sensor. Its performance as a strain sensor proved satisfactory through a 20,000-cyclic fatigue test. The film not only self-sensed damage such as cracks but mapped out the corresponding locations. This methodology could lead to the development of cost-effective, high-performance sensors for life-cycle, self-sensing health monitoring for various bonding structures.
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