Research Article
Effect of Heat Assisted Bath Sonication on the Mechanical and Thermal Deformation Behaviours of Graphene Nanoplatelets Filled Epoxy Polymer Composites
Table 1
Comparison study on the electrical conductivity of GNP filled epoxy system, with different particles size and dispersion method.
| | Filler particle size (diameter/thickness) | Dispersion method of GNP into epoxy | Solution | Maximum electrical conductivity (S/m) | Filler loading at maximum electrical conductivity (vol.% or wt.%) | References |
| | <2m/1–5 nm | Heat assisted bath sonication | None | 2.9 10−3 | 1 vol.%/1.96 wt.% | Current study |
| | 15 µm/5–10 nm | Tip sonication | None | 6 10−3 | 0.6 vol.%/1.16 wt.% | [27] |
| | 20–50 µm/12–15 nm | Three-roll mill | None | 2 10−3 | 0.5 wt.% | [28] |
| | 20–50 µm/12–15 nm | Sonication, high speed shear mixing | Ethyl acetate | 1 10−6 | 1 wt.% | [28] |
| | 25 m/<10 nm | Tip sonication | Chloroform | 9.6 10−4 | 3 wt.% | [29] |
| | 25 m/<10 nm | Tip sonication | Tetrahydrofuran | 5.8 10−4 | 3 wt.% | [29] |
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