Abstract
Modification of polymer matrices with carbon nanomaterials is a common practice for producing strong and wear-resistant composites. However, carbon nanomaterials are still not widely used in industry due to low-throughput synthesis methods. In this work, the strength and thermophysical properties of a composite based on polylactide modified with few-layer graphene were studied. The introduction of few-layer graphene leads to increase the flexural strength, thermal conductivity and wear resistance of polylactide. Few-layer graphene was obtained by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis. This method is easily scalable and allows to obtain few-layer graphene from carbohydrates. The work discusses the properties of synthesized few-layer graphene and the mechanisms of its interaction with polylactide.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
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Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 23-79-10254.
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Data availability: Data available on request from the authors.
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