Publication: Improvements in Mechanical and Shape-Memory Properties of Bio-Based Composite: Effects of Adding Carbon Fiber and Graphene Nanoparticles
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2023-12-01
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20734360
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2-s2.0-85179124062
Journal Title
Polymers
Volume
15
Issue
23
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SCOPUS
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Polymers Vol.15 No.23 (2023)
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Luengrojanakul P., Mora P., Bunyanuwat K., Jubsilp C., Rimdusit S. Improvements in Mechanical and Shape-Memory Properties of Bio-Based Composite: Effects of Adding Carbon Fiber and Graphene Nanoparticles. Polymers Vol.15 No.23 (2023). doi:10.3390/polym15234513 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/20015
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Abstract
Shape-memory carbon fiber (CF) polymer composites reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets (GnPs) as a filler based on a bio-based V-fa/ECO copolymer were prepared at different graphene GnPs and CF mass fractions using the hand lay-up and hot-pressing methods. The obtained composite specimens were subjected to flexural, dynamic mechanical, and shape-memory analyses. The obtained results revealed that the flexural strength and modulus were improved by the addition of the GnPs and CF due to the improvement in the interfacial adhesion and fiber reinforcement with up to 3 wt.% GnPs and 60 wt.% CF. Additionally, appreciable improvements in the shape-memory performance were achieved with the addition of the GnPs, where values of up to 93% and 96% were recorded for the shape fixity and recovery, respectively. The shape-memory performance was affected by the fiber mass fraction, with the composites retaining the shape-memory effect albeit with a significant drop in performance at higher fiber mass fractions. Lastly, the specimens at 40 wt.% CF and 3 wt.% GnPs were determined to be the optimum compositions for the best performance of the bio-based SMP composite.