Multifunctional reduced graphene oxide coating on laminated composites

Mario Rapisarda; Michele Meo

doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2020.01.612

Multifunctional reduced graphene oxide coating on laminated composites

Mario Rapisarda, Michele Meo

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics (CFRPs) are commonly used for structural applications due to their high specific mechanical properties. CFRPs can also be functionalized exploiting a combination of several materials that introduce multifunctional features to the global performance of a structure and widen their range of operations. This work investigates the use of a Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO) Film as multifunctional coating on CFRP laminates. Exploiting the inherent properties of these films, surface properties of composite structures such as electrical conductivity and wettability can be improved. Moreover, potential built-in functions, as live strain sensing and DC-biased thermography, are studied. Three point bending tests demonstrated a negligible influence of the RGO films on the flexural properties of the CFRP laminates and confirmed a satisfying adhesion between the coating and the structure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-155
Number of pages	7
Journal	Materials Today: Proceedings
Volume	34
Issue number	1
Early online date	25 Feb 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.01.612
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2021

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Funding Information:
This paper has been funded by the EXTREME project of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 636549 . The authors thank M. Boccaccio for help and support in thermography setup and data processing.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Electrical conductivity
Hydrophobicity
Multifunctional composite structures
Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) films
Thermography

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General Materials Science

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Multifunctional reduced graphene oxide coating on laminated composites

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