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Thermally shocked graphene oxide-containing biocomposite for thermal management applications†

Orebotse Joseph Botlhoko,ab   James Ramontja ORCID logo a  and  Suprakas Sinha Ray ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Applied Chemistry Department, University of Johannesburg, Droonfontein 2028, Johannesburg, South Africa
E-mail: rsuprakas@csir.co.za, suprakas73@yahoo.com

b DST-CSIR National Centre for Nanostructured Materials, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

Abstract

In this communication, we present a new approach to simultaneously improve the thermal conductivity and ductility of a biobased polylactide blend composite by localizing thermally shocked graphene oxide particles in a dispersed poly(ε-caprolactone) phase. The preliminary results presented in this work will pave the way for the development of high performance environmentally benign composite materials for thermal management applications.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA05421A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 May 2017
Accepted
24 Jun 2017
First published
05 Jul 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 33751-33756

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Thermally shocked graphene oxide-containing biocomposite for thermal management applications

O. J. Botlhoko, J. Ramontja and S. S. Ray, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 33751 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA05421A

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