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Inside Cover, Volume 135, Issue 9
Publication year - 2018
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.46082
Subject(s) - graphene , polypropylene , pellets , materials science , cover (algebra) , composite material , polymer science , polymer , nanotechnology , mechanical engineering , engineering
This image from Jianzhong Lou and colleagues shows 0.5 wt % graphene (xGnP‐5) coated polypropylene pellets. The pre‐calculated amount of graphene was first dispersed in isopropyl alcohol (IPA) by magnetic stirring. Then, the required amount of polypropylene pellets was added to the graphene/IPA solution and sonicated. Finally, solvent was evaporated to obtain graphene‐coated polypropylene pellets. Compression molding of graphene‐coated polymer pellets resulted in electrically conductive material as the graphene coating formed a continuous network. (DOI: 10.1002/app.45833 )