115 citations · 509 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for
21 papers
Flexible and highly conductive composites by impregnation of polydimethylsiloxane in graphite nanoplates paper
Daniele Battegazzore, Alberto Fina
This paper deals with the preparation and characterization of conductive and flexible sheets based on graphite nanoplates (GNP) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Highly porous GNP n…
Polycaprolactone/graphite nanoplates composite nanopapers
Kun Li, Daniele Battegazzore, Orietta Monticelli +1
Nanopapers based on graphene and related materials were recently proposed for application in heat spreader applications. To overcome typical limitations in brittleness of such mate…
Bispyrene functionalization drives self-assembly of graphite nanoplates into highly efficient heat spreader foils
Giuseppe Ferraro, Mar Bernal, Fabio Carniato +5
Thermally conductive nanopapers fabricated from graphene and related materials are currently showing a great potential in thermal management applications. However, thermal contacts…
Properties of graphene-related materials controlling thermal conductivity of their polymer nanocomposites
Samuele Colonna, Daniele Battegazzore, Matteo Eleuteri +2
Different types of graphene-related materials (GRM) are industrially available and have been exploited for thermal conductivity enhancement in polymers. These include materials wit…
Polymer-embedded molecular junctions between graphene sheets: A Molecular Dynamics study
Alessandro di Pierro, Alberto Fina
Thermal conduction in polymer nanocomposites depends on several parameters including the thermal conductivity and geometrical features of the nanoparticles, the particle loading, t…
Aromatic molecular junctions between graphene sheets: a molecular dynamics screening for enhanced thermal conductance
Alessandro Di Pierro, Maria Mar Bernal, Diego Martinez +3
The proper design and synthesis of molecular junctions for the purpose of establishing percolative networks of conductive nanoparticles represent an opportunity to develop more eff…
Chemical-Vapor-Deposited Graphene as a Thermally Conducting Coating
Mauro Tortello, Iwona Pasternak, Klaudia Zeranska-Chudek +3
We performed Scanning Thermal Microscopy measurements on single layers of chemical-vapor-deposited -CVD- graphene supported by different substrates, namely SiO2, Al2O3 and PET usin…
Stereocomplexation of Poly(Lactic Acid)s on Graphite Nanoplatelets: from Functionalized Nanoparticles to Self-Assembled Nanostructures
Matteo Eleuteri, Mar Bernal, Marco Milanesio +2
The control of nanostructuration of graphene and graphene related materials (GRM) into self-assembled structures is strictly related to the nanoflakes chemical functionalization, w…
A facile and low environmental impact approach to prepare thermally conductive nanocomposites based on polylactide and graphite nanoplatelets
Alberto Fina, Samuele Colonna, Lorenza Maddalena +2
In this work, the preparation of nanocomposites based on poly(L-lactide) PLLA and graphite nanoplatelets (GNP) was assessed, by applying, for the first time, the reactive extrusion…
Decoupled trends for electrical and thermal conductivity in phase-confined CNT co-continuous blends
Samuele Colonna, Zhidong Han, Alberto Fina
In the present work, the morphology and the electrical and thermal conduction properties of co-continuous poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), maleated polypropylene (PPgMA) and multi…
Thermal bridging of graphene nanosheets via covalent molecular junctions. a Non-Equilibrium Green Functions Density Functional Tight-Binding study
Diego Martinez, Alessandro di Pierro, Alessandro Pecchia +7
Despite the uniquely high thermal conductivity of graphene is well known, the exploitation of graphene into thermally conductive nanomaterials and devices is limited by the ineffic…
FTIR and GCMS analysis of epoxy resin decomposition products feeding the flame during UL 94 standard flammability test. Application to the understanding of the blowing-out effect in epoxy/polyhedral silsesquioxane formulations
Wenchao Zhang, Alberto Fina, Giuseppe Ferraro +1
A novel method was developed for the sampling of volatiles produces by polymer decomposition during UL94 standard flammability tests, allowing to collect, separate and analyze the…
Edge-Grafted Molecular Junctions between Graphene Nanoplatelets: Applied Chemistry to Enhance Heat Transfer in Nanomaterials
M. Mar Bernal, Alessandro Di Pierro, Chiara Novara +4
The edge-functionalization of graphene nanoplatelets (GnP) was carried out exploiting diazonium chemistry, aiming at the synthesis of edge decorated nanoparticles to be used as bui…
Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Efficient Flame Retardant Coatings Based On High Aspect Ratio Graphene Oxide and Chitosan Capable of Preventing Ignition of PU Foam
Lorenza Maddalena, Federico Carosio, Julio Gomez +2
The layer-by-layer (LbL) technique is adopted for the construction of multilayers encompassing chitosan and graphene oxide (GO) platelets capable of improving the flame retardant p…
Thermally and Electrically Conductive Nanopapers from Reduced Graphene Oxide: effect of nanoflakes thermal annealing on the film structure and properties
Maria del Mar Bernal, Mauro Tortello, Samuele Colonnaa +2
In this study, we report a different strategy to prepare graphene nanopapers from direct vacuum filtration. Instead of the conventional method, i.e. thermal annealing nanopapers at…
Super nucleation and orientation of poly (butylene terephthalate) crystals in nanocomposites containing highly reduced graphene oxide
Samuele Colonna, Ricardo A. Pérez, Haiming Chen +5
The ring opening polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthalate into poly (butylene terephthalate) (pCBT) in the presence of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) is an effective method fo…
Molecular junctions for thermal transport between graphene nanoribbons: covalent bonding vs. interdigitated chains
Alessandro Di Pierro, Guido Saracco, Alberto Fina
Proper design and manufacturing thermal bridges based on molecular junctions at the contact between graphene platelets or other thermally conductive nanoparticles would provide a f…
Morphology and properties evolution upon ring-opening polymerization during extrusion of cyclic butylene terephthalate and graphene-related-materials into thermally conductive nanocomposites
S. Colonna, O. Monticelli, J. Gomez +2
In this work, the study of thermal conductivity before and after in-situ ring-opening polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthalate into poly (butylene terephthalate) in presence…
Effect of processing conditions on the thermal and electrical conductivity of poly (butylene terephthalate) nanocomposites prepared via ring-opening polymerization
S. Colonna, M. M. Bernal, G. Gavoci +4
Successful preparation of polymer nanocomposites, exploiting graphene-related materials, via melt mixing technology requires precise design, optimization and control of processing.…
Effect of morphology and defectiveness of graphene-related materials on the electrical and thermal conductivity of their polymer nanocomposites
S. Colonna, O. Monticelli, J. Gomez +3
In this work, electrically and thermally conductive poly (butylene terephthalate) nanocomposites were prepared by in-situ ring-opening polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthala…
Effect of thermal annealing on the heat transfer properties of reduced graphite oxide flakes: a nanoscale characterization via scanning thermal microscopy
M. Tortello, S. Colonna, M. Bernal +9
This paper reports on the thermal properties of reduced graphite oxide (RGO) flakes, studied by means of scanning thermal microscopy (SThM). This technique was demonstrated to allo…