نوع مقاله : پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 تهران، پژوهشگاه پلیمر و پتروشیمی ایران، پژوهشکده فرایند، گروه پلاستیک، صندوق پستی 112-14975
2 تهران، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد تهران شمال، دانشکده شیمی، صندوق پستی 936-19585
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Hypothesis: A nanocomposite layer including graphene nanosheets could be used to enhance the barrier properties of high density polyethylene through a layer-by-layer assembly method. Planar graphene nanoparticles help to decrease the gas permeability of polyethylene substrates by making a tortuous pathway for gas molecules transmittance.
Methods: Two different methods were used to increase the barrier properties of high density polyethylene and the results were compared with each other. In the first method, a thin film of polymer nanocomposite including graphene oxide nanoparticles and polyvinyl alcohol was coated on the surface of high density polyethylene film using a film applicator. The effective variables in this method were the weight fraction of graphene oxide particles in polyvinyl alcohol and thickness of the nanocomposite layer. In the second method, a layer-by-layer assembly was used. Chitosan solution acted as a positive charge and graphene oxide suspension in water was utilized as a negative charge.
Findings: In high density polyethylene samples coated by polyvinyl alcohol nanocomposite (10 micrometers), the oxygen transmittance rate decreased drastically to 3 cm3m2 bar. This decrease was expected due to the structure of polyvinyl alcohol and its inherent barrier properties. By adding graphene oxide into polyvinyl alcohol, the permeability values showed a slight decrease and reached 0.8 cm3 m2 bar.
Statistical analysis based on the surface response method for the layer-by-layer method showed that permeability depends on pH, number of bilayers and graphene concentration. At high pH, the graphene oxide sheets take on a smoother and more stretched shape and are more likely to aggregate, which increases permeability.
کلیدواژهها [English]