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One-pot synthesis of conducting graphene–polymer composites and their strain sensing application

2012; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 4; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c2nr11555g

2040-3372

Eswaraiah Varrla, Krishnan Balasubramaniam, Sundara Ramaprabhu,

Conducting polymers and applications

In situ reduction of graphite oxide in polymer powder has been implemented using focused solar electromagnetic radiation. The simultaneous reduction of graphite oxide, melting of the polymer and embedding of reduced graphite oxide nanoflakes in polymer offer a new way of synthesizing conducting graphene/polymer composites. An electromechanical application of the present reduced graphite oxide–PVDF nanocomposite has been proposed with a gauge factor of 12.1.