title: Production of graphene oxide from pitch-based carbon fiber.
abstract: Pitch-based graphene oxide (p-GO) whose compositional/structural features are comparable to those of graphene oxide (GO) was firstly produced by chemical exfoliation of pitch-based carbon fiber rather than natural graphite. Incorporation of p-GO as nanofillers into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a matrix polymer resulted in excellent mechanical reinforcement. p-GO/PMMA nanocomposite (1 wt.-% p-GO) demonstrated 800% higher modulus of toughness of neat PMMA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, 305-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Miyeon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 1] 50 Daehak-ro, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Chungbuk, 380-702, South Korea [2] 50 Daehak-ro, Department of IT Convergence (BK PLUS 21), Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Chungbuk, 380-702, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jihoon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 1] 50 Daehak-ro, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea National University of transportation, Chungju-si, Chungbuk, 380-702, South Korea [2] 50 Daehak-ro, Department of IT Convergence (BK PLUS 21), Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Chungbuk, 380-702, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: 50 Daehak-ro, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Chungbuk, 380-702, South Korea.
authors.forename: Byunggak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Min
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, 305-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Bongsoo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 1] 50 Daehak-ro, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Chungbuk, 380-702, South Korea [2] 50 Daehak-ro, Department of IT Convergence (BK PLUS 21), Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Chungbuk, 380-702, South Korea.
authors.forename: Insik
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: In