Issue 4, 2012
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Nanoscale

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

Varrla Eswaraiah,a   Krishnan Balasubramaniamb  and  Sundara Ramaprabhu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Alternative Energy and Nanotechnology Laboratory (AENL) Nanofunctional Materials Technology Center (NFMTC), Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
E-mail: ramp@iitm.ac.in
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b Center for Non-destructive Evaluation (CNDE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
E-mail: balas@iitm.ac.in

Abstract

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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2NR11555G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Oct 2011
Accepted
19 Dec 2011
First published
12 Jan 2012

Nanoscale, 2012,4, 1258-1262

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V. Eswaraiah, K. Balasubramaniam and S. Ramaprabhu, Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 1258 DOI: 10.1039/C2NR11555G

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