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.

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定制石墨烯增强热固性和生物热固性复合材料

摘要 研究人员对石墨烯优异性能的认识激增，导致石墨烯用作聚合物复合材料中的增强填料。不同的石墨烯制备方法，无论是自下而上还是自上而下的方法，都是在复合材料中产生增强性能的原材料的重要要求。生产的起始石墨烯材料要么进一步功能化，要么直接用作热固性聚合物基质中的填料。石墨烯和聚合物基质之间的有效相互作用很重要，可以通过熔融混合、溶液混合或原位聚合工艺将石墨烯加入热固性聚合物基质中来实现。此外，考虑到绿色和可持续复合材料的重要性，讨论了以前关于石墨烯增强生物热固性聚合物基质的工作细节。复合材料的机械和热性能与石墨烯填料和热固性基体之间的化学相互作用有关。以石墨烯复合材料的增强性能为出发点，讨论了对石墨烯聚合物复合材料进一步变化的探索。