GO-modified flexible polymer nanocomposites fabricated via 3D stereolithography

doi:10.1007/s11705-019-1836-x

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2019, Vol. 13

Issue (4) : 736-743 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-019-1836-x

RESEARCH ARTICLE

GO-modified flexible polymer nanocomposites fabricated via 3D stereolithography

Chi Him Alpha Tsang^1,²(

), Adilet Zhakeyev³, Dennis Y.C. Leung²(

), Jin Xuan³(

)

¹. School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
². Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
³. Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK

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Abstract

Graphene oxide (GO) induced enhancement of elastomer properties showed a great deal of potential in recent years, but it is still limited by the barrier of the complicated synthesis processes. Stereolithography (SLA), used in fabrication of thermosets and very recently in “flexible” polymers with elastomeric properties, presents itself as simple and user-friendly method for integration of GO into elastomers. In this work, it was first time demonstrated that GO loadings can be incorporated into commercial flexible photopolymer resins to successfully fabricate GO/elastomer nanocomposites via readily accessible, consumer-oriented SLA printer. The material properties of the resulting polymer was characterized and tested. The mechanical strength, stiffness, and the elongation of the resulting polymer decreased with the addition of GO. The thermal properties were also adversely affected upon the increase in the GO content based on differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis results. It was proposed that the GO agglomerates within the 3D printed composites, can result in significant change in both mechanical and thermal properties of the resulting nanocomposites. This study demonstrated the possibility for the development of the GO/elastomer nanocomposites after the optimization of the GO/“flexible” photoreactive resin formulation for SLA with suitable annealing process of the composite in future.

Keywords graphene oxide polymer flexible 3D printing stereolithography

Corresponding Author(s): Chi Him Alpha Tsang,Dennis Y.C. Leung,Jin Xuan

Just Accepted Date: 26 July 2019 Online First Date: 24 September 2019 Issue Date: 04 December 2019

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Chi Him Alpha Tsang,Adilet Zhakeyev,Dennis Y.C. Leung, et al. GO-modified flexible polymer nanocomposites fabricated via 3D stereolithography[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2019, 13(4): 736-743.

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Fig.1 Digital image of the 3D structure from pure polymer and GO/Formlabs flexible nanocomposite with different GO concentrations: (a) 0 wt-% GO; (b) 0 wt-% GO after CH₃Cl evaporation; (c) 0.1 wt-% GO; (d) 0.2 wt-% GO; (e) 0.3 wt-% GO.

Fig.2 TEM image of 0.1 wt-% GO/MA raw gel (Scale bar: (a) 0.5 µm, (b) 0.2 µm, (c) 100 nm, and (d) 1 µm).

Fig.3 (a) and (b) TEM images of raw GO dispersed in chloroform under different magnification; (c-d) corresponding SEM images (Scale bar: (a) 0.2 µm, (b) 100 nm, (c) 10 µm, (d) 1 µm).

Fig.4 SEM image of (a) 0.1 wt-%, (b) 0.2 wt-%, and (c) 0.3 wt-% GO/Formlabs flexible nanocomposite (Scale bar: 1 µm).

Tab.1 T_g-DSC result of the GO/Formlabs flexible composite with different GO content based on the Fig. 5

Fig.5 DSC spectrum (–100°C?400°C) of the GO/Formlabs flexible nanocomposite vs pure Formlabs flexible polymer 3D MPSL structure.

Fig.6 (a) TGA, and (b) DTGA spectrum of the GO/resin 3D MPSL structure vs pure resin structure in 100°C?900°C.

Fig.7 Tensile test of the 3D printed GO nanocomposites with different GO loadings.

Tab.2 List of the Young’s Modulus of the 3D printing GO/Formlabs flexible composites with different GO contents

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