Abstract
Polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-microwave exfoliated graphene oxide (MEGO) composites containing up to 80 wt% PTFE were prepared by low-temperature post-irradiation polymerization of C2F4 in the presence of the graphene-like material. Composites were characterized by FTIR, NMR, XPS, SEM, TGA, XRD, broadband dielectric spectroscopy and DSC techniques. The melting point of PTFE in the composite (332.5°C) was higher than that of pure PTFE by 8.8°C. The measured values of the melting enthalpy (ΔHm = 51.5 and 45.4 J g-1) were used to calculate the extent of crystallinity in the PTFE and PTFE-MEGO composite (0.63 and 0.55, respectively). No CF3 end groups typical of commercial PTFE have been detected in the PTFE-MEGO composites.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9865-9874 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | RSC Advances |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 13 |
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| State | Published - 2015 |