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Investigating Stress Transfer and Failure Mechanisms in Graphene Oxide-Cellulose Nanocrystals Films

GEHAN JAYATILAKA, MOHAMMAD MOEIN MOHAMMADI, MEHRAN TEHRANI

Abstract


Graphene oxide (GO) films have great potential for aerospace, electronics, and renewable energy applications. GO sheets are low-cost and water-soluble and retain some of Graphene’s exceptional properties once reduced. GO or reduced GO (rGO) sheets within a film interact with each other via secondary bonds and cross-linkers. These interfacial interactions include non-covalent bonds such as hydrogen bonding, ionic bonding, and π-π stacking. Stress transfer and failure mechanisms in GO and rGO films, specifically how linkers affect them, are not well understood. The present study investigates the influence of inter-particle interactions and film structures, focusing on hydrogen bonds introduced via cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), on failure and stress-transfer of the GO and rGO films. To this end, GO films with CNC crosslinkers were made, followed by a chemical reduction. The few-micron thick films were characterized using tensile testing. All tested films exhibited a brittle failure and achieved tensile strengths and modulus in the ~40-85 MPa and ~3.5-9 GPa ranges, respectively. To reveal stress transfer mechanisms in each sample, tensile in-situ Raman spectroscopy testing was carried out. By monitoring the changes in bandwidth and position of Raman bands while stretching the film, useful information such as sheet slippage and cross-linker interactions were gathered. The addition of CNC enhanced modulus but degraded strength for both GO and rGO films. Interestingly, the Raman G-peak shift at failure, indicative of stress transfer to individual GO/rGO particles, is commensurate with the films’ strengths. Correlating these results with the structure and composition of different films reveals new understanding of stress transfer between GO/rGO particles, paving the way for the scalable manufacturing of strong and stiff GO-based films.


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10.12783/asc36/35862

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