Tuning the mechanical properties of graphene oxide paper and its associated polymer nanocomposites by controlling cooperative intersheet hydrogen bonding

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2008-2019

  Compton, Owen C ^a   Cranford, Steven W ^b   Putz, Karl W ^a   An, Zhi ^a   Brinson, L Catherine ^a   Buehler, Markus J ^b   Nguyen, Sonbinh T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

graphene oxide; graphene oxide paper; mechanical properties; molecular dynamics simulations; polymer nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; COOPERATIVITY; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HYDROGEN BONDING NETWORK; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NATURAL BIOMATERIALS; OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; PAPER STRUCTURE; PAPER-LIKE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA); ROLE OF WATER; STRESS TRANSFER; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER MOLECULE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; OXIDE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PAPER;

GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDES; PAPER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER;

EID: 84859144810     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn202928w     Document Type: Article

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