title: 3D Printable Graphene Composite.
abstract: In human being's history, both the Iron Age and Silicon Age thrived after a matured massive processing technology was developed. Graphene is the most recent superior material which could potentially initialize another new material Age. However, while being exploited to its full extent, conventional processing methods fail to provide a link to today's personalization tide. New technology should be ushered in. Three-dimensional (3D) printing fills the missing linkage between graphene materials and the digital mainstream. Their alliance could generate additional stream to push the graphene revolution into a new phase. Here we demonstrate for the first time, a graphene composite, with a graphene loading up to 5.6 wt%, can be 3D printable into computer-designed models. The composite's linear thermal coefficient is below 75 ppm·°C(-1) from room temperature to its glass transition temperature (Tg), which is crucial to build minute thermal stress during the printing process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology School of Physics Science and Engineering Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.|Department of Applied Chemistry Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory for Engineering Materials Application and Evaluation, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zheming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology School of Physics Science and Engineering Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaojuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology School of Physics Science and Engineering Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zengxing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.|Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhengzong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun