Katsamangas, Kostandinos, Bhat, Badekai Ramachandra and Inam, Fawad (2015) Scanning Electronic Microscopy for analysis of the effects of surfactants on de-wrinkling and dispersion of graphene. International Journal of Chemical, Molecular, Nuclear, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, 9 (6). pp. 728-732.
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Abstract
Graphene was dispersed using a tip sonicator and the effect of surfactants were analysed. Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS) and Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) were compared to observe whether or not they had any effect on any de-wrinkling, and secondly whether they aided to achieve better dispersions. There is a huge demand for wrinkle free graphene as this will greatly increase its usefulness in various engineering applications. A comprehensive literature on dewrinkling graphene has been discussed. Low magnification Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM) was conducted to assess the quality of graphene de-wrinkling. The utilization of the PVA has significant effect on de-wrinkling whereas SDS had minimal effect on the dewrinkling of graphene.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | de-wrinkling, dispersion, graphene, scanning electron microscopy |
| Subjects: | H300 Mechanical Engineering J400 Polymers and Textiles J500 Materials Technology not otherwise specified |
| Department: | Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Fawad Inam |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2015 12:37 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2021 00:32 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/23882 |
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