Electrically conductive, mechanically robust, pH-sensitive graphene/polymer composite hydrogels

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 119-126

  Alam, Ashraful ^a,d   Meng, Qingshi ^a,e   Shi, Ge ^a   Arabi, Sherif ^a,f   Ma, Jun ^a   Zhao, Ning ^b   Kuan, Hsu Chiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^e SHENYANG AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Benha University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Composites; Electrical properties; Mechanical properties; Polymer; Stress transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULES; PH SENSORS; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; STRESSES;

COMPOSITE HYDROGELS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; MECHANICALLY ROBUST; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; STRESS TRANSFER;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84959482084     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2016.02.024     Document Type: Article

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