TY - GEN
T1 - CHARACTERISATION OF GRAPHENE-ENHANCED CARBON-FIBRE/PEEK MANUFACTURED USING SPRAY-DEPOSITION AND LASER-ASSISTED AUTOMATED TAPE PLACEMENT (ATP)
AU - Kreider, Peter
AU - Stokes-Griffin, Chris
AU - Leow, Christopher
AU - Sommacal, Silvano
AU - Compston, Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Kreider et al.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The inclusion of nanomaterials within fibre-reinforced polymer composites can enable novel high-performance structures, and graphene is one of the most promising candidate nanomaterials with a unique combination of exceptional mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. Near-term graphene nanocomposites need to adopt both a scalable nanomaterial synthesis technique and a scalable method to integrate nanomaterials into composites during the manufacturing process. This work explores the spray-deposition of liquid phase exfoliated graphene for the interlaminar enhancement carbon-fibre reinforced polyether ether ketone (PEEK) composites. This approach enables spray-deposited nanomaterial thin films that can be incorporated directly into composites during advanced manufacturing processes such as laser-assisted automated tape placement, which we demonstrate here. Our preliminary investigations suggest that the presence of graphene can enhance the thermal history of the composite during manufacturing in addition to enhancing the properties of the manufactured composite material.
AB - The inclusion of nanomaterials within fibre-reinforced polymer composites can enable novel high-performance structures, and graphene is one of the most promising candidate nanomaterials with a unique combination of exceptional mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. Near-term graphene nanocomposites need to adopt both a scalable nanomaterial synthesis technique and a scalable method to integrate nanomaterials into composites during the manufacturing process. This work explores the spray-deposition of liquid phase exfoliated graphene for the interlaminar enhancement carbon-fibre reinforced polyether ether ketone (PEEK) composites. This approach enables spray-deposited nanomaterial thin films that can be incorporated directly into composites during advanced manufacturing processes such as laser-assisted automated tape placement, which we demonstrate here. Our preliminary investigations suggest that the presence of graphene can enhance the thermal history of the composite during manufacturing in addition to enhancing the properties of the manufactured composite material.
KW - graphene
KW - laser-assisted automated tape placement
KW - nanocomposite
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85149172006&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability
SP - 1040
EP - 1047
BT - Materials
A2 - Vassilopoulos, Anastasios P.
A2 - Michaud, Veronique
PB - Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
T2 - 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022
Y2 - 26 June 2022 through 30 June 2022
ER -