A comprehensive review on the thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties of graphene-based multi-functional epoxy composites

A Osman, A Elhakeem, S Kaytbay, A Ahmed - Advanced Composites and …, 2022 - Springer
Nowadays, there are growing demands for developing economical and multi-functional
polymeric materials that simultaneously have high thermal conductivity, optimized electrical …

Graphene and graphene derivatives toughening polymers: Toward high toughness and strength

J Wang, X Jin, C Li, W Wang, H Wu, S Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Since the first discovery of graphene in 2004, the scientific and industrial community is still
finding fields to bring the excellent mechanical performance of graphene into full play …

Modeling Amorphous Microporous Polymers for CO2 Capture and Separations

G Kupgan, LJ Abbott, KE Hart, CM Colina - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
This review concentrates on the advances of atomistic molecular simulations to design and
evaluate amorphous microporous polymeric materials for CO2 capture and separations. A …

A review of multiscale computational methods in polymeric materials

A Gooneie, S Schuschnigg, C Holzer - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Polymeric materials display distinguished characteristics which stem from the interplay of
phenomena at various length and time scales. Further development of polymer systems …

[HTML][HTML] Synergistic improvement of epoxy derived polymer composites reinforced with Graphene Oxide (GO) plus Titanium di oxide (TiO2)

V Kavimani, KS Prakash, T Thankachan… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
This technical article top up in presenting the research over composites consisting of
Graphene oxide (GO), Titanium di oxide (TiO 2), epoxy resins along with a known curing …

Investigation of polymer aging mechanisms using molecular simulations: A review

F Zhang, R Yang, D Lu - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aging has a serious impact on the properties of functional polymers. Therefore, it is
necessary to study the aging mechanism to prolong the service and storage life of polymer …

Enhanced interfacial characteristics in PLA/graphene composites through numerically-designed interface treatment

K Hasheminejad, A Montazeri - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the various biomedical applications of Polylactic acid (PLA), its usage has been
limited due to the inherent poor mechanical properties of this biodegradable polymer …

Introduction of polymer-based nanocomposites

SH Zaferani - Polymer-based nanocomposites for energy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) are introduced as a class of materials with remarkable
properties. The main challenging characteristic of PNCs is the complex interfacial regions …

[HTML][HTML] An atomistic study on the mechanical behavior of bamboo cell wall constituents

H Hao, L Tam, Y Lu, D Lau - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Although the bamboo material has excellent mechanical properties, the anisotropic
mechanical properties across and along the bamboo culm hinder its use as the structural …

A molecular simulation approach to bond reorganization in epoxy resins: From curing to deformation and fracture

J Konrad, RH Meißner, E Bitzek, D Zahn - ACS Polymers Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
We model bond formation and dissociation processes in thermosetting polymer networks
from molecular dynamics simulations. For this, a coarsened molecular mechanics model is …