Melt processing and properties of Polyamide 6/Graphene nanoplatelet composites.
- Submitting institution
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University of Ulster
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 76430102
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1039/C5RA08509H
- Title of journal
- RSC Advances
- Article number
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- First page
- 52395
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 2046-2069
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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D - Engineering Composites
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- When production of polymer nanocomposites is scaled up to industrial processing the property enhancements achieved in the laboratory are often not replicated. This is due to lack of understanding of the importance of the deformation regime on the dispersion of nanoparticles in the final product. This novel work is significant because it was one of the first to investigate industrial scale compounding of GNP/polymer composites and achieved the highest modulus enhancement for any melt mixed GNP/polymer composite at that time. An understanding of scale up as well as significant expertise in polymer nanocomposite structuring was key to achieving this result.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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