Surface Functionalization of Graphene Oxide with Polymer Brushes for Improving Thermal Properties of the Polymer Matrix

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Polymerization time (h)</td><td class="align_center"><svg height="11.8174pt" id="M17" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 17.8599 11.8174" width="17.8599pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M962 650H795L470 145L347 650H176L170 622C268 613 275 606 244 503L190 322C150 188 132 126 118 91C102 50 80 33 18 28L12 0H245L251 28C175 35 170 48 174 93C177 128 191 180 220 284L292 542H294C331 392 383 150 409 4H432L774 555H776L714 137C700 40 694 34 612 28L606 0H868L874 28C793 34 784 37 797 137L849 533C859 612 863 616 956 622L962 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,12.22,3.132)"><path d="M524 0V26C466 32 460 36 460 104V297C460 393 411 449 331 449C302 449 276 437 248 419C223 402 201 387 181 372V451C137 432 90 420 42 411V388C96 378 102 374 102 310V104C102 38 97 33 29 26V0H246V26C187 32 181 36 181 104V339C211 365 250 390 290 390C357 390 381 345 381 276V109C381 40 374 32 315 26V0H524Z"></path></g></svg> (kDa)</td><td class="align_center"><svg height="11.9087pt" id="M18" style="vertical-align:-3.2728pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 19.1205 11.9087" width="19.1205pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M962 650H795L470 145L347 650H176L170 622C268 613 275 606 244 503L190 322C150 188 132 126 118 91C102 50 80 33 18 28L12 0H245L251 28C175 35 170 48 174 93C177 128 191 180 220 284L292 542H294C331 392 383 150 409 4H432L774 555H776L714 137C700 40 694 34 612 28L606 0H868L874 28C793 34 784 37 797 137L849 533C859 612 863 616 956 622L962 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,12.22,3.132)"><path d="M696 437H516V411C580 402 587 397 574 345C555 271 527 183 505 114H503C461 222 420 328 383 432H357C315 316 278 214 241 118H239C214 195 189 274 165 350C151 396 156 402 216 411V437H9V411C57 405 65 398 83 346C125 226 162 108 199 -11H227C267 100 308 199 346 300C387 195 428 97 468 -11H497C542 124 587 257 617 337C637 392 646 404 696 411V437Z"></path></g></svg> (kDa)</td><td class="align_center">PDI</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3</td><td class="align_center">10.38</td><td class="align_center">21.40</td><td class="align_center">2.06</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">9</td><td class="align_center">31.96</td><td class="align_center">53.96</td><td class="align_center">1.69</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">11</td><td class="align_center">41.97</td><td class="align_center">72.50</td><td class="align_center">1.73</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 3: Surface Functionalization of Graphene Oxide with Polymer Brushes for Improving Thermal Properties of the Polymer Matrix 