Epoxy nanocomposites containing thermally reduced graphene oxides (TRGs) with different oxygen contents were prepared and their mechanical and thermal properties were investigated. It was found that increasing the number of oxygen containing groups on the TRGs resulted in reduced agglomeration of the graphene oxides within the epoxy matrix. Therefore, in samples with a higher oxygen content, a higher interfacial contact area is present between the organic and inorganic phases in ...
Author(s): Chien-Hua Hsu, Jui-Ming Yeh, Kung-Chin Chang, Mei-Chun Lai, Min-Hsiang Hsu, Pei-Ju Liu, Tsao-Li Chuang, Wei-Ren Liu
The thermal imidization method was used to prepare an electroactive polyimide/graphene nanocomposite (EPGN) material membrane. It was determined that the composites that were formed had improved mechanical strength, thermal stability, and thermal conductivity, as well as an improved dielectric constant and a decreased gas permeability in comparison to electroactive polyimide membranes....
Author(s): Chien-Hua Hsu, Hsin-I Lu, Jui-Ming Yeh, Kuan-Yeh Huang, Kung-Chin Chang, Mei-Chun Lai, Tsao-Li Chuang, Wei-Ren Liu, You-Rong Hsiao
This research studied the effect of the addition of vinyl-modified silica and raw silica additions to polymer-silica nanocomposite foams. Extensive physical property characterization was undertaken after their addition to quantify their influence. TEM found that silica particles added through the vinyl-modified silica dispersed better than the raw silica. This created foams with a higher density and smaller cell size. A slight reduction in the thermal conductivity after the additions was ...
Author(s): Chih-Wei Peng, Hong-Ru Lin, Jen-Chang Yang, Jui-Ming Yeh, Kung-Chin Chang, Sheng-Che Chiou, Shyh-Shin Hwang
The purpose of this study was to fabricate and analyze the physical properties of polyacrylate–gold nanocomposites (PGNs) with gold nanoparticles (GNPs) as their nucleation agents. The transient plane source (TPS) method was used to measure the thermal properties of the polyacrylate–gold nanocomposite foams (FPGNs) and PGNs. Results showed that the addition of GNPs improved thermal conductivity of the PGN materials, but as the size of GNPs increased, the ...
Author(s): Chih-Wei Peng, Jui-Ming Yeh, Kung-Chin Chang, Mei-Chun Lai, Pei-Shan Wu, Wei-I Hung, Yen-Hao Lin
The authors prepared PMMA/clay composites by the in situ bulk polymerization method. The prepared composites were characterized by FT-IR, WAXRD, SEM, TEM, DMA and the transient plane source (TPS) technique to measure thermal conductivity. Not only were the thermal properties of the composites studied, but physical and chemical properties as well....
Author(s): Chih-Bing Hung, Chih-Wei Peng, Hong-Ru Lin, Jui-Ming Yeh, Kung-Chin Chang, Mei-Chun Lai, Sheng-Chieh Hsu, Shyh-Shin Hwang