Year 2018

• Morphology, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Containing Reduced Graphene Oxide and Graphene Nanoplatelets

  Publication

  • M. Strankowski
  • P. Korzeniewski
  • J. Strankowska
  • A. Anu
  • T. Sabu

  - Materials - Year 2018

  Polyurethane/graphene nanocomposites were synthesized using commercial thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU, Apilon 52DE55), and two types of graphene derivatives: graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO). Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) spectroscopy, TEM, and SEM microscopy and XRD techniques were used to chemically and structurally characterize GNP...

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Year 2015

• Morphology and the physical and thermal properties of thermoplastic polyurethane reinforced with thermally reduced graphene oxide

  Publication

  • M. Strankowski
  • Ł. Piszczyk
  • P. Kosmela
  • P. Korzeniewski

  - Polish Journal of Chemical Technology - Year 2015

  In this study, thermally reduced graphene oxide (TRG)-containing polyurethane nanocomposites were obtained by the extrusion method. The content of TRG incorporated into polyurethane elastomer systems equaled 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 wt%. The morphology, static and dynamic mechanical properties, and thermal stability of the modified materials were investigated. The application of TRG resulted in a visible increase in material stiffness...

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