Huang, Guobo and Chen, Wei and Wu, Tao and Guo, Haichang and Fu, Chaoying and Xue, Yijiao and Wang, Kai and Song, Pingan 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1082-652X
(2021)
Multifunctional graphene-based nano-additives toward high-performance polymer nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical, thermal, flame retardancy and smoke suppressive properties.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 410:127590.
pp. 1-12.
ISSN 1385-8947
Abstract
Despite many important industrial applications, the acrylonitrile–butadienestyrene copolymer (ABS) suffers from an inherent flammability, extremely hampering its practical use. Current flame retardants can effectively reduce the flammability issue but give rise to degraded mechanical and thermal properties of ABS. To address this intractable challenge, a graphene-derived flame retardant (Mo5/PN-rGO) was designed by introducing the functional elements (phosphorus, nitrogen and molybdate) onto the graphene oxides nanosheets. The resultant ABS nanocomposite containing 1.0 wt% of Mo5/PN-rGO exhibits a 28% increase in the tensile strength and a 58% enhancement in the Young’s modulus as compared to the ABS host. Furthermore, the glass transition temperature (Tg) increases by ca. 12 °C while the onset thermal decomposition temperature is significantly delayed by ca. 21 °C. In addition, the final ABS nanomaterial shows a 20% reduction in the total heat release and a 45% decrease in the total smoke production in comparison to the ABS bulk. This work paves a new way for the creation of high-performance flame retardants towards advanced flame-retardant polymer nanocomposites with expandable industrial applications.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2021 02:48 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2022 21:34 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS); Mechanical property; Thermal property; Fire retardancy; Smoke release |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 03 Chemical Sciences > 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry > 030399 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified 09 Engineering > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091202 Composite and Hybrid Materials 09 Engineering > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091205 Functional Materials |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 40 ENGINEERING > 4016 Materials engineering > 401605 Functional materials 40 ENGINEERING > 4016 Materials engineering > 401602 Composite and hybrid materials |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280105 Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280110 Expanding knowledge in engineering |
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| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.127590 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/44040 |
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