High strength and ductility of graphene-like carbon nanosheet/copper composites fabricated directly from commercial oleic acid coated copper powders. Issue 36 (5th September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Ziyue; Wang, Lidong; Cui, Ye; Shi, Zhendong; Wang, Miao; Fei, Weidong
• Is Part Of: Nanoscale. Volume 10:Issue 36(2018)
• Page Start: 16990
• Page End: 16995
• Publication Date: 2018-09-05
• Subjects: Nanoscience -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; 620.505
• DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04451a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-3364

Abstract

Abstract : A simple approach is developed to fabricate a graphene-like carbon nanosheet/Cu composite by sintering commercial Cu powders with oleic acid coating. Abstract : Recently, copper matrix composites reinforced with graphene or graphene-like carbon nanosheets (GNS) have attracted great attention due to their excellent properties. However, the fabrication technologies of the composites are generally complex and expensive; it is necessary to develop facile and cheap synthesis methods for industrial applications of the composites with high performance. Here, we present a very simple method to fabricate GNS reinforced copper composites: commercial Cu powders with oleic acid coating are directly fabricated into GNS/Cu composites by spark plasma sintering. This work provides a facile method with low cost and high efficiency for the preparation of GNS reinforced metal matrix composites with high performance, which opens a new window for the large-scale production of graphene based composites.