Improved mechanical, biological, and physical properties of polymers can be achieved by combining these polymers with nanosheet materials. We demonstrate a method to further improve these properties without chemically or physically changing the nanosheet materials or polymer matrix. Emulsifying an oil- water system using GO sheets separates these sheets into fractions of differing degrees of oxidation. In the next step, these GO fractions with different oxidation value play an important role in the improvement of tensile properties of GO based polymer nanocomposites. The interaction of GO sheets with the polymer matrix partly depends upon the nature of polymer. When these GO sheets are combined with specific type of polymers, they can improve the ability to deliver aromatic, water insoluble aromatic drugs. We further investigate another type of polymer nanocomposites made from oil-in-water emulsion systems stabilized by GO. These nanosheets are also utilized to fabricate membranes for water filtration applications.<br/>

Polymers and 2D nanosheets

256th National Meeting (2018)

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