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Tailoring graphene reinforced thermoset and biothermoset composites

  • Nur Bazilah Thalib

    Nur Bazilah Thalib is a MSc candidate in Advanced Material at University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. She received her BSc from the University of Leeds, UK. She is currently studying sustainable composite related to graphene reinforced bio-based thermoset composites for her Master’s study.

    , Siti Noor Hidayah Mustapha

    Siti Noor Hidayah Mustapha is a senior lecturer at the Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Engineering (Chemical-Polymer) in 2011 and her PhD in Polymer Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2016. Her PhD was on composite material from renewable sources (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr Abdul Razak Rahmat). She has published several research papers and conference proceedings on bioplastic, biopolymer and biocomposite materials. Currently, her research is focussed on bioresin development and reinforcement for composite applications.

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    , Chong Kwok Feng

    Chong Kwok Feng received his BSc degree in 2004 from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, followed by a PhD in 2010 from the National University of Singapore. His PhD work focussed on the development of carbon nanomaterials for biosensing applications, supervised by Prof. Kian Ping Loh. In 2010, he went to Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) as a lecturer in Chemistry and was promoted to an Associate Professorship in 2016. He established a carbon research group in UMP to work on the application of carbon materials for energy storage and biosensors.

    and Rohani Mustapha

    Rohani Mustapha is part of the young academic training scheme staff at the School of Ocean Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. She has published several research papers and conference proceedings on natural fibres and composites. She is currently pursuing studies at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and conducts research on bio-based epoxy nanocomposites with bio-based hardeners.

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Abstract

The surge of knowledge among researchers pertaining to the excellent properties of graphene has led to the utilisation of graphene as a reinforced filler in polymer composites. Different methods of graphene preparation, either bottom-up or top-down methods, are important requirements of starting materials in producing reinforced properties in the composites. The starting graphene material produced is either further functionalised or directly used as a filler in thermoset polymer matrixes. An effective interaction between graphene and polymer matrixes is important and can be achieved by incorporating graphene into a thermoset polymer matrix through melt mixing, solution mixing or in situ polymerisation processes. In addition, by taking into consideration the importance of green and sustainable composites, the details of previous work on graphene reinforced bio-thermoset polymer matrixes is discussed. The resultant mechanical and thermal properties of the composites were associated to the chemical interaction between the graphene filler and a thermoset matrix. Exploration for further variations of graphene polymer composites are discussed by taking the reinforcement properties in graphene composite as a starting point.

About the authors

Nur Bazilah Thalib

Nur Bazilah Thalib is a MSc candidate in Advanced Material at University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. She received her BSc from the University of Leeds, UK. She is currently studying sustainable composite related to graphene reinforced bio-based thermoset composites for her Master’s study.

Siti Noor Hidayah Mustapha

Siti Noor Hidayah Mustapha is a senior lecturer at the Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Engineering (Chemical-Polymer) in 2011 and her PhD in Polymer Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2016. Her PhD was on composite material from renewable sources (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr Abdul Razak Rahmat). She has published several research papers and conference proceedings on bioplastic, biopolymer and biocomposite materials. Currently, her research is focussed on bioresin development and reinforcement for composite applications.

Chong Kwok Feng

Chong Kwok Feng received his BSc degree in 2004 from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, followed by a PhD in 2010 from the National University of Singapore. His PhD work focussed on the development of carbon nanomaterials for biosensing applications, supervised by Prof. Kian Ping Loh. In 2010, he went to Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) as a lecturer in Chemistry and was promoted to an Associate Professorship in 2016. He established a carbon research group in UMP to work on the application of carbon materials for energy storage and biosensors.

Rohani Mustapha

Rohani Mustapha is part of the young academic training scheme staff at the School of Ocean Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. She has published several research papers and conference proceedings on natural fibres and composites. She is currently pursuing studies at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and conducts research on bio-based epoxy nanocomposites with bio-based hardeners.

Acknowledgement

This work is supported by Research University Grant no. RDU 170361 which the authors gratefully acknowledge.

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Received: 2017-09-20
Accepted: 2018-09-07
Published Online: 2019-01-26
Published in Print: 2020-07-28

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