Title
Massive electrical conductivity enhancement of multilayer graphene/polystyrene composites using a nonconductive filler
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
10-8-2014
Abstract
We report a massive increase in the electrical conductivity of a multilayer graphene (MLG)/polystyrene composite following the addition of nonconducting silica nanoparticles. The nonconducting filler acts as a highly effective dispersion aid, preventing the sheetlike MLG from restacking or agglomerating during the solvent casting process used to fabricate the composite. The enhanced dispersion of the MLG leads to orders of magnitude enhancement in electrical conductivity compared to samples without this filler.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume
6
Issue
19
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Chakraborty, Indrani, Kevin J. Bodurtha, Nicholas J. Heeder, Michael P. Godfrin, Anubhav Tripathi, Robert H. Hurt, Arun Shukla, and Arijit Bose. "Massive electrical conductivity enhancement of multilayer graphene/polystyrene composites using a nonconductive filler." ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 6, 19 (2014): 16472-16475. doi: 10.1021/am5044592.