Mechanical and functional properties of polyamide/graphene nanocomposite prepared by chemicals free-approach and selective laser sintering
Meng Q. Song X. Han S. Abbassi F. Zhou Z. Wu B. Wang X. Araby S.
December 2022Elsevier Ltd
Composites Communications
2022#36
Selective laser sintering (SLS), an additive manufacturing process, provides new strategies for fabricating complex components with tailored mechanical, electrical and thermal properties. This work proposes an electrostatic driven self-assembly approach to prepare graphene platelets (GnPs)-coated polyamide (PA) nanocomposite powders for SLS process. Morphology and microstructure characterizations confirmed the synthesis of ∼3-nm-thick GnPs with high structural integrity which contributed to the mechanical properties, electrical and thermal conductivity of the nanocomposites. The study showed that unlike to traditional plastic processing methods, SLS process can develop strong and electrically conductive parts using only 0.2 wt% of GnPs; at this content, percolation threshold was observed (between 0.2 wt% and 1.0 wt%) and Youngs modulus increased by 81%. This work indicates that introducing graphene platelets into SLS process is an effective approach in order to prepare polymer nanocomposites with high mechanical, electrical and thermal properties. Furthermore, a numerical model was developed to simulate the quasi-static mechanical behavior of the 3D printed neat PA and its GnP nanocomposites. The developed model is in accord with the experimental measurements; this would be a benchmark model to pre-design and predict the mechanical behavior of various profiles before 3D printing.
Additive manufacturing , Electrical conductivity , FEM , Graphene , Mechanical properties , Polyamide
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College of Aerospace Engineering, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang, 110136, China
Shi-changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang, 110016, China
Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute, Shenyang, 110136, China
College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
College of Aerospace Engineering
Shi-changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute
College of Engineering and Technology
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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