石墨烯/聚乙烯界面导热性能的分子动力学模拟

采用非平衡分子动力学模拟(NEMD)方法研究了石墨烯/聚乙烯纳米复合材料的界面导热性能,主要考察了石墨烯层数、尺寸对界面热阻的影响.研究结果表明:当石墨烯层数为一层时,界面热导为46.79 MW/(m~2K),随着石墨烯层数的增加,界面热导下降;但石墨烯层数超过四层后,界面热导趋于恒定接近39.00 MW/(m~2K);随着石墨烯尺寸的增大,石墨烯中较长波长声子被引发并对界面热传导起到主要的作用,最终导致界面热导逐渐增大.     

石墨烯/聚氨酯复合材料的研究进展

石墨烯是一种新型二维纳米片层碳材料,拥有极高的机械强度、电子迁移率、导热系数及独特的化学结构,将其作为填料对聚氨酯进行功能化改性可有效改善基体的力学、导热导电、电磁屏蔽等性能,因此成为近年来复合材料研究领域的一大热点。本文对石墨烯改性及其在聚氨酯材料中的研究进展进行了综述,以复合材料的制备方法、性能研究进行分类,对复合材料常用的拉伸、压缩、导热模型建立方法进行了总结,展望了石墨烯/聚氨酯复合材料产业化的挑战与机遇。     

石蜡/膨胀石墨/石墨烯复合相变储热材料的制备及性能

以石蜡(PA)作为相变储热材料、 膨胀石墨(EG)作为主导热材料和支撑材料, 石墨烯气凝胶(GA)作为导热增强材料和辅支撑材料制备了PA/EG/GA复合相变材料, 研究了GA添加量对复合相变材料相变温度、 相变潜热、 导热性能以及循环稳定性的影响. 结果表明, 所制备的80%PA-17%EG-3%GA复合相变材料导热性能良好, 循环稳定性出色. 与80%PA-20%EG复合材料相比, 该材料的相变温度、 相变潜热以及循环稳定性无明显变化, 但导热系数由4.089 W/(m·K)提升到了5.336 W/(m·K), 显示出良好的应用前景.     

参杂缺陷石墨烯的高分子复合材料导热特性分子动力学模拟（英文）

传统高分子材料由于内部分子链无规则缠绕的特点,导致其热导率较小。近年来,拥有高导热特性的新型高分子材料在众多领域都显示出了极大的发展潜力。随着研究的不断深入,具有优秀导热能力的石墨烯等低维碳材料引起越来越多人的关注。引入石墨烯制作的高分子复合材料具有较高的导热性能,在热管理方面具有很大的应用前景。本文使用非平衡态分子动力学方法计算了石墨烯点缺陷对石墨烯-高分子复合材料界面热导和整体热导率的影响。石墨烯层的界面热导受点缺陷密度的影响较大。当石墨烯缺陷密度由0%增大到20%时,其界面热导由75.6 MW·m~(-2)·K~(-1)增加为85.9 MW·m~(-2)·K~(-1)。石墨烯点缺陷造成sp~2共价键断裂、结构刚性下降,导致其振动态密度的低频分量增加,增强了与高分子基质间的低频能量耦合,进而提高了界面热导。而点缺陷密度的增大对复合材料整体热导率也具有相似的提升效果(从40.8 MW·m~(-2)·K~(-1)增加为45.6 MW·m~(-2)·K~(-1))。此外,高分子基体在石墨烯界面处会造成局部密度提高,但石墨烯点缺陷对高分子材料局部密度提升并无显著影响。这些计算结果加深了对石墨烯与高分子基体间导热机理的理解,并有助于开发和设计具有优异热学性能的高分子复合材料。     

电沉积法制备石墨烯纸-金属复合材料的初步研究

石墨烯纸具有优良的导电导热性能,但强度和硬度较低。为了获得良好的综合力学性能以提高石墨烯纸的实用价值,本文提出了制备石墨烯纸-金属复合材料的构想,从实验上初步研究了电沉积法制备石墨烯纸-金属复合材料的可行性,并探究了石墨烯纸与电沉积金属界面结合情况。采用两种常见镀层金属Cu、Cr,在实验室使用电沉积法制备了石墨烯纸-Cu,石墨烯纸-Cr两种复合镀层材料。利用扫描电镜对复合材料的表面形貌和横截面进行了表征,结果显示石墨烯纸-Cr复合材料的界面结合相对紧密。本文首次将二维错配度应用到石墨烯纸与金属镀层界面结合力分析中,通过计算分析,常温下C 的（0001）面与Cr的（110）面的二维错配度为7.26%,晶格匹配度良好. 随温度升高,C-Cr界面错配度值减小,即晶格匹配度增加,另外C-Cr二元相图显示C与Cr发生反应生成的碳化物将进一步增强其界面结合。     

石墨烯/环氧复合材料导热性能的研究进展

石墨烯作为时下最热门的纳米材料,吸引了国内外众多科研工作者的注意力。而石墨烯所具有的超高导热性能,使其在环氧导热复合材料中有着巨大的应用前景。本文主要综述了当前石墨烯/环氧复合材料导热性能的研究进展,详细介绍了石墨烯的尺寸、与其它填料的复配以及石墨烯表面改性等因素对导热性能的影响。此外,还分析了复合材料的微观结构对导热性能的影响。最后,对导热型石墨烯/环氧复合材料的发展进行了展望,并指出了该领域存在的技术难点和未知机理。     

石墨烯改性树脂基复合材料力学性能研究进展

树脂基复合材料具有比强度高、比模量大、耐高温、耐腐蚀、质轻等诸多优点,在航天军工、生物医疗、电子封装、体育器材等众多领域得到广泛应用。石墨烯作为一种典型的二维纳米材料,凭借其独特结构以及优异的物理化学性能而备受关注。近年来的研究表明石墨烯可以通过对增强纤维改性和对基体树脂改性的方法来提高树脂基复合材料的力学性能。本文介绍了石墨烯改性树脂基复合材料的增强增韧机理,对石墨烯改性纤维(碳纤维、玻璃纤维、芳纶纤维)增强复合材料以及树脂的改性方法进行了综述;着重阐述了石墨烯改性树脂基复合材料力学性能的研究进展,分析了石墨烯改性树脂基复合材料研究中依旧存在的两大问题,即石墨烯的分散性和界面结合问题,并对石墨烯改性树脂基复合材料的未来发展前景进行了展望。     

改性氧化铝对HDPE/PA6复合材料导热性能的影响

使用硅烷偶联剂γ-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷(KH550)对氧化铝(Al2O3)进行表面改性,通过傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FT-IR)、热重分析仪(TG)对改性Al2O3(m-Al2O3)进行了表征。将Al2O3和m-Al2O3分别填充到高密度聚乙烯/尼龙6(HDPE/PA6)共混物中制备复合材料,以提高材料的导热性。利用导热系数仪、维卡软化点测试仪、万能试验机、扫描电子显微镜对复合材料的导热性能、耐热性能、拉伸性能和微观形貌进行了分析和研究。结果表明,复合材料的导热性随着Al2O3含量的增加而逐渐提高,与基体相比,材料的耐热性能、杨氏模量也得到了提高。经过硅烷偶联剂处理后,m-Al2O3能进一步提高复合材料的导热性能、耐热性能和杨氏模量。     

石墨填充高密度聚乙烯基复合材料导热性能的研究

选用导热系数较高的无机填料石墨对高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)进行填充改性;采用偶联剂和磨盘型力化学反应器对石墨进行表面处理,提高石墨与聚合物基体的界面相互作用;用自行研制的升温速率测定装置测试材料的导热性能,并研究材料的导热机理;用SEM观察复合材料的微观形态.实验结果表明:经偶联剂处理后,石墨在HDPE中均匀分布;测试试样的上表面温度随时间的变化可用三次多项式T=A₀+A₁t+A₂t²+A₃t³拟会;HDPE/石墨复合材料升温速率随石墨含量增加而增大;石墨含量为35％的复合材料最大升温速率为HDPE的1.75倍.     

金纳米粒子/壳聚糖/石墨烯纳米复合材料的制备及其生物相溶性

利用壳聚糖(CTS)的氨基对石墨烯(GNS)进行表面改性制得石墨烯基纳米复合材料(E).利用E中CTS对金纳米粒子(Au)良好的保护作用,在E的表面固载Au制备了Au/CTS/GNS纳米复合材料(F),其结构经UV-Vis和FT-IR表征.并用Zeta电位,XRD和TEM对F的性质进行了研究.结果表明,F不仅具有良好的生物相溶性,而且具有较好的导电性能.     

参杂缺陷石墨烯的高分子复合材料导热特性分子动力学模拟

Polymers are widely used advanced materials composed of macromolecular chains, which can be found in materials used in our daily life. Polymer materials have been employed in many energy and electronic applications such as energy harvesting devices, energy storage devices, light emitting and sensing devices, and flexible energy and electronic devices. The microscopic morphologies and electrical properties of the polymer materials can be tuned by molecular engineering, which could improve the device performances in terms of both the energy conversion efficiency and stability. Traditional polymers are usually considered to be thermal insulators owing to their amorphous molecular chains. Graphene-based polymeric materials have garnered significant attention due to the excellent thermal conductivity of graphene. Advanced polymeric composites with high thermal conductivity exhibit great potential in many applications. Therefore, research on the thermal transport behaviors in graphene-based nanocomposites becomes critical. Vacancy defects in graphene are commonly observed during its fabrication. In this work, the effects of vacancy defects in graphene on thermal transport properties of the graphene-polyethylene nanocomposite are comprehensively investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Based on the non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) method, the interfacial thermal conductance and the overall thermal conductance of the nanocomposite are taken into consideration simultaneously. It is found that vacancy defects in graphene facilitate the interfacial thermal conductance between graphene and polyethylene. By removing various proportions of carbon atoms in pristine graphene, the density of vacancy defects varies from 0% to 20% and the interfacial thermal conductance increases from 75.6 MW·m⁻²·K⁻¹ to 85.9 MW·m⁻²·K⁻¹. The distinct enhancement in the interfacial thermal transport is attributed to the enhanced thermal coupling between graphene and polyethylene. A higher number of broken sp² bonds in the defective graphene lead to a decrease in the structure rigidity with more low-frequency (< 15 THz) phonons. The improved overlap of vibrational density states between graphene and polyethylene at a low frequency results in better interfacial thermal conductance. Moreover, the increase in the interfacial thermal conductance induced by vacancy defects have a significant effect on the overall thermal conductance (from 40.8 MW·m⁻²·K⁻¹ to 45.6 MW·m⁻²·K⁻¹). In addition, when filled with the graphene layer, the local density of polyethylene increases on both sides of the graphene. The concentrated layers provide more aligned molecular arrangement, which result in better thermal conductance in polyethylene. Further, the higher local density of the polymer near the interface provides more atoms for interaction with the graphene, which leads to stronger effective interactions. The relative concentration is insensitive to the density of vacancy defects. The reported results on the thermal transport behavior of graphene-polyethylene composites provide reasonable guidance for using graphene as fillers to tune the thermal conduction of polymeric composites.     

Improved thermo-oxidative stability of three-dimensional and four-directional braided carbon fiber/epoxy hierarchical composites using graphene-reinforced gradient interface layer

In order to improve the thermo-oxidative stability of three-dimensional and four-directional braided carbon fiber/epoxy composites, we introduced a gradient interphase reinforced by graphene nanoplatelets (GN) between the carbon fiber and the matrix, with a liquid phase deposition strategy. Both the interlaminar shear strength and the flexural strength of the composites were improved after thermo-oxidative aging at 140 °C for various durations (up to 1200 h). The interfacial reinforcing mechanisms are explored by analyzing the structure of the interfacial phase, thermal conductivity, weight loss, surface topography, fiber/matrix interfacial morphology and thermomechanical properties of the composites. Results indicate that the GN-reinforced gradient interphase provides an effective shield against interface oxidation, assists in thermal stress transfer, and restricts the movement of the different phases of materials at the composite interface.     

The addition of functionalized graphene oxide to polyetherimide to improve its thermal conductivity and mechanical properties

The thermal and electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of polyetherimide (PEI) containing either alkyl‐aminated (enGO) or phenyl‐aminated graphene (pnGO) oxides were studied. A solution casting method was used to prepare functionalized graphene oxide/PEI composites with different filler contents. The introduction of functionalized graphene oxide to the PEI matrix improved the thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, and mechanical properties. The thermal conductivities of the enGO 3 wt%/PEI and pnGO 3 wt%/PEI composites were 0.324 W/mK and 0.329 W/mK, respectively, due to the high thermal conductivity of the graphene‐based materials and the strong interface adhesion due to the filler surface treatment between the fillers and the matrix. The electrical conductivities of the functionalized graphene oxide/PEI composites were larger than that of PEI, but the electrical conductivity values were generally low, which is consistent with the magnitude of the insulator. The strong interfacial adhesion between the fillers and the matrix led to improved mechanical properties. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Reactive copolymer functionalized graphene sheet for enhanced mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy composites

Uniform dispersion of graphene nanosheets (GNS) in a polymer matrix with strong filler–matrix interfacial interaction, preserving intrinsic material properties of GNS, is the critical factor for application of GNS in polymer composites. In this work, a novel reactive copolymer VCz–GMA containing carbazole and epoxide group was designed, synthesized and employed to noncovalently functionalize GNS for preparing epoxy nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical properties. The presence of carbazole groups in VCz–GMA enables the tight absorption of copolymer on to graphene surface via π–π stacking interaction, as evidenced by Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy, whereas the epoxide segments chemically reacts with the epoxy matrix, improving the compatibility and interaction of graphene with epoxy matrix. As a result, the VCz–GMA–GNS/epoxy composite showed a remarkable enhancement in both mechanical and thermal property than either the pure epoxy or the graphene/epoxy composites. The incorporation of 0.35 wt % VCz–GMA–GNS yields a tensile strength of 55.72 MPa and elongation at break of 3.45, which are 42 and 191% higher than the value of pure epoxy, respectively. Increased glass transition temperature and thermal stability of the epoxy composites were also observed. In addition, a significant enhancement in thermal conductivity was achieved with only 1 wt % VCz–GMA–GNS loading. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015 , 53, 2776–2785     

Interfacial Compatibilization into PLA/Mg Composites for Improved In Vitro Bioactivity and Stem Cell Adhesion

The present work highlights the crucial role of the interfacial compatibilization on the design of polylactic acid (PLA)/Magnesium (Mg) composites for bone regeneration applications. In this regard, an amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide-b-L,L-lactide) diblock copolymer with predefined composition was synthesised and used as a new interface to provide physical interactions between the metallic filler and the biopolymer matrix. This strategy allowed (i) overcoming the PLA/Mg interfacial adhesion weakness and (ii) modulating the composite hydrophilicity, bioactivity and biological behaviour. First, a full study of the influence of the copolymer incorporation on the morphological, wettability, thermal, thermo-mechanical and mechanical properties of PLA/Mg was investigated. Subsequently, the bioactivity was assessed during an in vitro degradation in simulated body fluid (SBF). Finally, biological studies with stem cells were carried out. The results showed an increase of the interfacial adhesion by the formation of a new interphase between the hydrophobic PLA matrix and the hydrophilic Mg filler. This interface stabilization was confirmed by a decrease in the damping factor (tanδ) following the copolymer addition. The latter also proves the beneficial effect of the composite hydrophilicity by selective surface localization of the hydrophilic PEO leading to a significant increase in the protein adsorption. Furthermore, hydroxyapatite was formed in bulk after 8 weeks of immersion in the SBF, suggesting that the bioactivity will be noticeably improved by the addition of the diblock copolymer. This ceramic could react as a natural bonding junction between the designed implant and the fractured bone during osteoregeneration. On the other hand, a slight decrease of the composite mechanical performances was noted.     

Design and synthesis of the polyaniline interface for polyamide 66/multi-walled carbon nanotube electrically conductive composites

A polyaniline interface had been designed and built between multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and polyamide 66 (PA66) in order to help in the dispersion of MWCNTs in PA66 and improve the interfacial combination between them. Transmission electron microscopy characterizations indicated that functionalized MWCNTs (f-MWCNTs) could be well-distributed in PA66 matrix and the interfacial boundary between them was indiscernible. The mixing conditions, such as f-MWCNT content, temperature, and mixing speed, played important roles in determining the formation of the conductive network and the electrical conductivities of PA66/f-MWCNT composites synthesized. A continuous conductive network was formed at 10 wt% f-MWCNT content, and the corresponding PA66/f-MWCNT composite exhibited an electrical conductivity of 8 orders of magnitude higher than pure PA66. The conducting mechanism agreed well with a thermal fluctuation-induced tunneling model.     

Surface segregation of polypeptide-based block copolymer micelles: An approach to engineer nanostructured and stimuli responsive surfaces

We describe the surface segregation of polypeptide-based block copolymer micelles to produce stimuli-responsive nanostructures at the polymer blend/air interface. Such structures were obtained by simultaneous surface migration and self assembly at the surface of diblock copolymer/homopolymer blends. We employed blends composed of homopolymer (PS) and an amphiphilic block copolymer polystyrene-b-poly(l-glutamic acid) (PS-b-PGA). The surface was functionalized based on the preferential segregation to the polymer blend/air interface of the hydrophilic PGA block of the diblock copolymer upon annealing to water vapor. The surface migration of the diblock copolymer to the interface was demonstrated both by XPS and contact angle measurements. As a consequence, the PGA interfacial attraction leads to a large surface excess on diblock copolymer which in turn, through macrophase and microphase separation, produced separated domains at the surface with regions composed either of homo or block copolymer. Herein we demonstrate that the use of asymmetric diblock copolymers with a higher content in PS lead to spherical micellar assemblies randomly distributed at the surface. As observed by AFM imaging the blend composition, i.e. the amount of block copolymer within the blend influences the density of micelles at the surface. Finally, when exposed to water, the pH affects the surface morphology. The PGA segments are collapsed at low pH values and extended at pH values above 4.8, thus inducing variations on the topography of the films at the nanometer scale.     

Influence of the fibre/matrix interface on ageing mechanisms of glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites (PA-6,6, PET, PBT) in a hygrothermal environment

A study of the properties of short glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites based on poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(butylene terephthalate) and polyamide-6,6 in an aggressive environment is reported. The influence of the fibre/matrix interface on the composite behaviour in a moist environment is especially studied. Competitive phenomena may explain differences observed according to the nature of the fibre surface treatment. Among them these characteristics may be an intrinsic fragility of some chemical interfacial bonds, the hydrophilicity of some chemical groups, the presence of long macromolecular chains neighbouring the interface or of a transcrystalline interfacial area.     

Nematic-amorphous polymer interfaces in the presence of a compatibilizer

We introduce and apply a variant of a dynamic self-consistent field simulation in two dimensions to predict the structure of interfaces between a nematic and an amorphous polymer compatibilized by a diblock copolymer. First, we investigate the effect of the nematic order on the polymer polymer interface without compatibilizer. Then we include the compatibilizer and consider two interfacial setups previously used in experiments, i.e., the bilayer setup and the trilayer setup. In the bilayer setup the diblock copolymer is mixed into the amorphous homopolymer and migrates to the interface in the course of the simulation forming a layered structure. We compare the amount of copolymer at the interface for initial concentrations of the copolymer below and above the critical micelle concentration. In the trilayer setup the initial thickness of the diblock copolymer is varied. The resulting interfacial morphology evolves in the competition between the lamellar structure induced by the interface and a micellar structure, which is intrinsic to the copolymer.     

石墨烯导热研究进展

石墨烯具有目前已知材料中最高的热导率,在电子器件、信息技术、国防军工等领域具有良好的应用前景。石墨烯导热的理论和实验研究具有重要意义,在最近十年间取得了长足的发展。本文综述了石墨烯本征热导率的研究进展及应用现状。首先介绍应用于石墨烯热导率测量的微纳尺度传热技术,包括拉曼光谱法、悬空热桥法和时域热反射法。然后展示了石墨烯热导率的理论研究成果,并总结了石墨烯本征热导率的影响因素。随后介绍石墨烯在导热材料中的应用,包括高导热石墨烯膜、石墨烯纤维及石墨烯在热界面材料中的应用。最后对石墨烯导热研究的成果进行总结,提出目前石墨烯热传导研究中存在的机遇与挑战,并展望未来可能的发展方向。