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Dynamic performance of an amorphous polymer composite under controlled loading of reduced graphene oxide based on entanglement of filler with polymer chains

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This work recommends an optimum content of rGO required for effective improvement in thermomechanical properties of rGO/ABS composites. According to electrical conductivity measurements, the percolation threshold of rGO in ABS should be around 1 wt% but mechanical and rheological properties keep on increasing beyond this value. However, on the basis of tensile and damping properties, 1.5 wt% is the optimum content of rGO that should be used as reinforcement in thermoplastic polymer matrices. Composites having 1.5 wt% rGO in ABS have shown significant improvement in tensile strength, excellent degree of entanglement (specially at higher temperatures) and a very low value for C-factor. As observed in FESEM micrographs, the deterioration of properties with further increase in rGO content (2 wt% and above) should be due to non-uniform dispersion of filler inside the matrix. Moreover, the elliptical shape of Cole-Cole plots validates the compatibility of rGO as reinforcing filler in ABS matrix.

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One of the authors, Vinay Panwar, is thankful to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), India, for providing financial support to carry out the present work.

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Panwar, V., Pal, K. Dynamic performance of an amorphous polymer composite under controlled loading of reduced graphene oxide based on entanglement of filler with polymer chains. J Polym Res 25, 53 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-017-1417-y

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