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Cover Image, Volume 134, Issue 30
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.45191
Subject(s) - exfoliation joint , cover (algebra) , graphene , graphite oxide , graphite , materials science , volume (thermodynamics) , nanocomposite , thermal stability , composite material , polymer science , oxide , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics , metallurgy
The incorporation of graphitic nanofillers into biopolymers leads to a notable enhancement of their physical and mechanical properties. In their research, M. Dolores Ferández, M. Jesús Ferández and co‐workers synthesized graphene oxide (GO) and prepared unplasticized and glycerol plasticized chitosan/GO nanosheets nanocomposites with improved thermal stability and mechanical properties (in particular in the presence of plasticizer). Mechanical properties can be tailored by controlling the GO and glycerol content. This image shows GO nanosheets obtained by ultrasonic exfoliation of graphite oxide used to prepare the bionanocomposites. (DOI: 10.1002/app.45092 )